Candalides geminus

Taxonavigation

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 geminus
Subspecies: C. g. gagadju – C. g. geminus

Name

Candalides geminus Edwards & Kerr, 1978.

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Cape York Peninsula.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Candalides geminus Edwards & Kerr, 1978: 81; Common & Waterhouse, 1981: 535.

References

Primary references

• Edwards & Kerr, 1978. A new species of Candalides from eastern Australia and notes on Candalides hyacinthinus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Aust. ent. Mag. 4(5): 81–90. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Braby, M.F. 2017. A new subspecies of Candalides geminus Edwards & Kerr, 1978 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Northern Territory, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 32(2): 206-216. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, G.A. 1981. Butterflies of Australia Angus & Robertson, Sydney, Australia. 2nd Revised Edition. 682 pp., 49 pls. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: twin dusky-blue; large dusky-blue