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A. p. philander Obi, Bachan, Halmahera, Gebe, Sanghihe -looks beneath almost like a small
tyrannus, but the postmedian band of the hindwing beneath is before the base of the little tail curved towards the hind-margin which it almost reaches. The spots and bands are distinctly light-edged. Distinguished from the similar
meander by the uniformly brown under surface with a narrower transverse band, from hylander by the transverse band in the hindwing not being flawed. •
A. p. leander (Evans, 1957) New Guinea, Aru, Misool, Waigeu, Geelvink Bay, Karkar Island •
A. p. ander (Evans, 1957) New Guinea •
A. p. pratti (Evans, 1957) Mioswar Island •
A. p. gander (Evans, 1957) Fergusson Island •
A. p. meeki (Evans, 1957) New Hanover •
A. p. gazella Fruhstorfer, 1914 Witu Island, New Britain -exhibits more brightly blue-coloured males, and the under-surface is of a deeper red-brown with a slight violet or purple reflection, the metallic spots of the anal region are of a magnificent emerald-green gloss. •
A. p. eichhorn i (Evans, 1957) New Ireland ==References==