Candalides acasta

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Candalidini
Genus: Candalides
Species: Candalides acasta

Candalides acasta ♂. Ent CSIRO.

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Name

Candalides acasta (Cox, H. R., 1873).

Type locality: South Australia.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Bremer Ranges, near Kanmantoo, November".

Synonymy

• Lycaena acasta Cox, 1873: 402.
• Holochila anita Semper, 1879: 163, Sydney and Cape York. HT BMNH.
• Lycaena moerens Rosenstock, 1885: 377, South Australia. HT BMNH.
• Lycaena canescens Miskin, 1890: 35, Tasmania.
• Candalides acasta (Cox); Waterhouse, 1932: 133, pl. 19, figs 11-11a.
• Erina acasta (Cox); Tite, 1963: 217.
• Candalides acastus [sic] (Cox); Common & Waterhouse, 1981: 536.

References

• Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, G.A. 1981. Butterflies of Australia Angus & Robertson, Sydney, Australia. 2nd Revised Edition. 682 pp., 49 pls. Reference page. 
• Cox, H. R., 1873. Entomological notes from South Australia. The Entomologist 6: 203-209; 357-359; 401-402. Reference page. 
• Miskin, W.H. 1890. Descriptions of hitherto undescribed Australian Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) principally Lycaenidae. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 15(2): 29–43. Reference page. 
• Rosenstock, R., 1885. Notes on Australian Lepidoptera with Descriptions of New Species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)16: 376-385. Reference page. 
• Semper, G. 1879. Beitrag zur Rhopaloceranfauna von Australien. Journal des Museum Godeffroy 5: 138–194, 2 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Tite, G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Candalides and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 14: 197–259, 4 pls, 119 text figs. BHL Reference page. 
• Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. What Butterfly is that? 291pp., 34 pls. Sydney. Reference page. 

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