A New Subspecies of Philiris diana Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Wet Tropics of Northern Australia Author Hacobian, Bartholomew S. c / o Post Office Millaa Millaa QLD 4886, Australia Author Braby, Michael F. Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton ACT 2601, Australia & Australian National Insect Collection, National Research Collections Australia, GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia Author Petrie, Edward A. 26 Hideaway Close, Palm Cove QLD 4879, Australia text Records of the Australian Museum 2023 Rec. Aust. Mus. 2023-04-26 75 2 65 78 http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1826 journal article 306397 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1826 f1c6b848-92f6-4dec-98c0-3ad7031d6bf7 2201-4349 7946332
Table 3. Adult phenotype of Philiris diana based on immature stages collected from the field at Beatrice, Atherton Tableland, QLD and reared in captivity at two locations with different environmental conditions: the Cairns district (Palm Cove), and Atherton Tableland (Beatrice) (see Table 1). A total of 25 immatures was collected and reared to adult (17 males, 8 females), and all conformed to the fortuna subspecies phenotype.
immature stagerearing location
Cairns districtAtherton Tableland
fortunadianafortunadiana
egg——9♂, 4♀0
larva instar I————
larva instars II–V2♂, 1♀05♂, 3♀0
larva instar VI1♂0——
pupa————
total3♂, 1♀014♂, 7♀0