Biology:Candalides

Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Candalides
Candalides hyacinthina sitting on a bay bean
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Candalides Hübner, 1819
Synonyms
Cyprotides Tite, 1963 Erina Swainson, 1833 Holochila C.Felder, 1862 Microscena Tite, 1963 Polycyma Felder, 1862 (invalid) Polycyma Scott, 1890 (unavailable)

Candalides is a large genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.

Species

• Candalides absimilis (C. Felder, 1862)
• Candalides acasta (Cox, 1873)
• Candalides afretta Parsons, 1986
• Candalides ardosiacea (Tite, 1963)
• Candalides biaka (Tite, 1963)
• Candalides coerulea (Röber, 1886)
• Candalides consimilis Waterhouse, 1942
• Candalides cuprea (Röber, 1886)
• Candalides cyprotus (Olliff, 1886)
• Candalides erinus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Candalides geminus Edwards & Kerr, 1978
• Candalides gilberti Waterhouse, 1903
• Candalides grandissima Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Candalides heathi (Cox, 1873)
• Candalides helenita (Semper, [1879])
• Candalides hyacinthina (Semper, [1879])
• Candalides lamia (Grose-Smith, 1897)
• Candalides limbata (Tite, 1963)
• Candalides margarita (Semper, [1879])
• Candalides meforensis (Tite, 1963)
• Candalides neurapacuna Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Candalides parsonsi Tennent, 2005
• Candalides pruina Druce, 1904
• Candalides riuensis (Tite, 1963)
• Candalides silicea (Grose-Smith, 1894)
• Candalides tringa (Grose-Smith, 1894)
• Candalides viriditincta (Tite, 1963)
• Candalides xanthospilos (Hübner, [1817])

External links

• "Candalides Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• "Candalides Hübner 1819" species list and images at Tree of Life web project

Wikidata ☰ Q13846396 entry