''Purlisa'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

genus in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), 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 ...

. It is

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

, containing only the species ''Pulisa giganteus''."''Purlisa'' Distant, 1881"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' It is known from Malaysia.

References

Lycaenidae genera Monotypic butterfly genera Lepidoptera of Malaysia Taxa named by William Lucas Distant {{Lycaenidae-stub