Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Chilades
Species: Chilades lajus
Subspecies: C. l. athena –C. l. cromyon –C. l. koshunensis –C. l. lajus –C. l. leucofasciatus –C. l. tavoyanus

Chilades lajus, as Papilio lajus from Caspar Stoll's original description.
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

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Chilades lajus (Stoll, [1780]).

Type locality: India, Coromandel coast.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

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  • Papilio lajus Stoll. [1780]: 4(27), 63, Pl.319, figs D, E.
  • Hesperia cajus Fabricius, 1793: 296.
  • Lycaena brahmina C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865: 279, pl.35, figs 15,16. Bengal.
  • Polyommatus varunana Moore, [1866]: 772, pl.41, f.6. Lectotype ♂ BMNH designated by Bálint, 1999: 62
  • Polyommatus kandura Moore, [1866]: 772, pl.41, f.7.
  • Chilades laius [sic] (Stoll); Moore, 1881: 77; Swinhoe, 1885: 133.
  • Chilades varunana (Moore); Moore, 1881: 77, pl.35, fig.3; Swinhoe, 1885: 133.
  • Chilades lajus (Stoll); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003: 164.

References

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Vernacular names

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English: Lime Blue
தமிழ்: எலுமிச்சை நீலன்
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