''Philiris radicala'' is a species of

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

of the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...

. It is found in

Western Province Western Province or West Province may refer to: *Western Province, Cameroon *Western Province, Rwanda *Western Province (Kenya) *Western Province (Papua New Guinea) *Western Province (Solomon Islands) *Western Province, Sri Lanka *Western Provinc ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. The length of the forewings is about 17 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is bright shining turquoise, the costa and termen broadly black. The hindwings are bright shining turquoise, the termen broadly black.

Etymology

The species name refers to the extraordinary colouration of the male upperside and overall divergent morphology of this species and is derived from ''radicala''.Six new species of ''Philiris'' Röber, 1891 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Papua New Guinea
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References

Butterflies described in 2014 Luciini {{Theclinae-stub