Candalides

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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: (32)
C. absimilis – C. acasta – C. afretta – C. ardosiacea – C. biaka – C. brabyi – C. coeruleus – C. consimilis – C. cupreus – C. cyprotus – C. erinus – C. geminus – C. gilberti – C. grandissima – C. heathi – C. helenita – C. hemileuca – C. hyacinthina – C. insanea – C. lamia – C. limbata – C. margarita – C. meforensis – C. neurapacuna – C. parsonsi – C. pruina – C. riuensis – C. silicea – C. skotadi – C. tringa – C. viriditincta – C. xanthospilos
Name

Candalides Hübner, [1819]: 73.

Type species: Rusticus xanthospilos Hübner, [1817]: pl. 99; by selection of Scudder, 1875: 133.
Synonyms

Erina Swainson, 1833: 134.
Holochila C. Felder, 1862: 490 et nota.
Cyprotides Tite, 1963: 213.
Microscena Tite, 1963: 219.
Polycyma C. Felder, 1862: 490.

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.
Felder, C. 1862. Verzeichniss der von den Naturforschern der kk Fregatte Novara gesammelten Macrolepidopteren. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 12(1): 473–496. Reference page.
Hübner, J. 1808–1837. Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmettelinge. Augsburg, 5 volumes, also by Geyer after Hübner's death. Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5. 172 plates. Reference page.
Hübner, J. 1816–1826. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg. Papilionoidea. BHL Reference page.
Müller, C. J., 2013. A remarkable new species of Candalides Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 34 (1/2): 69–72. Reference page.
Müller, C.J. & Tennent, W.J. 2016. Two new species of Candalides Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia Tropical Lepidoptera Research 26(1): 25-31. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page.
Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. Proc. amer. Soc. Arts Sci. Boston 10: 91–293. BHL Reference page.
Swainson, W.J. 1829–1833. Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new rare or interesting animals Series 2, Volumes 1–2. Vol. 1 BHL Vol. 2 BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.42278 Reference page.
Tennent, W.J., 2005. A new Candalides (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the D'Entrecasteux island group (Papua New Guinea). Futao 49: 2-3.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.

Candalides is a large genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.
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])