Candalides
Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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Candalides is a large genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.
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| Candalides hyacinthina sitting on a bay bean | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Candalides Hübner, 1819 |
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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
Media related to Candalides at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Candalides at Wikispecies- "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
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