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Monotypic butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Purlisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Purlisa
Distant, 1881
Species: P. giganteus
Binomial name
Pulisa giganteus
Distant, 1881

Purlisa is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing only the species Pulisa giganteus. It is known from Malaysia.

Specimen of Pulisa giganteus from Malaya

References

  1. "Purlisa Distant, 1881" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Purlisa Distant, 1881". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Purlisa
Purlisa giganteus


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