Candalides coeruleus

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

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Candalidini
Genus: Candalides
Species: Candalides coeruleus
Subspecies: (3)
C. c. coeruleus – C. c. doreia – C. c. subrosea

Name

Candalides coeruleus {Röber, 1886).

Type locality: Indonesia, Maluku, Aru Is.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

• Plebeius dimorphus var. coeruleus Röber, 1886: 62.
• Holochila coerulea [sic] (Röber); Tite, 1963: 210.
• Candalides coeruleus (Röber); Parsons, 1998: 419, pl. 65, figs 1813-1815.

References

• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. 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. 
• Röber, J., 1886. Neue Tagschmetterlinge der Indo-Austalischen Fauna. Correspondenz-blatt des Entomologischen Vereins "Iris" zu Dresden 1(3): 45-72, Pls. 2-5. Reference page.