Chilades

Chilades, commonly called Jewel Blues^[1], is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups.^[2] The cleotas species-group:

• Chilades boopis (Fruhstorfer, 1897)
• Chilades buruana (Holland, 1900)
• Chilades cleotas (Guérin-Méneville, [1831])
• Chilades mindora (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
• Chilades pandava (Horsfield, [1829]) – Plains Cupid
• Chilades peripatria Hsu, 1980

The galba species-group:

• Chilades contracta (Butler, 1880) – Small Cupid
• Chilades galba (Lederer, 1855) – Persian Grass Blue
• Chilades ella (Butler, 1881)

The lajus species-group:

• Chilades alberta (Butler, 1901)
• Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
• Chilades elicola (Strand, 1911)
• Chilades lajus or Chilades laius (Stoll, [1780]) – Lime Blue
• Chilades minuscula (Aurivillius, 1909)
• Chilades naidina (Butler, [1886])
• Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793) – Indian Cupid
• Chilades putli (Kollar, [1844]) – Eastern Grass Jewel
• Chilades sanctithomae (Sharpe, 1893)
• Chilades serrula (Mabille, 1890)
• Chilades trochylus (Freyer, 1845) – Grass Jewel

Incertae sedis:

• Chilades roemii Kalis, 1933
• Chilades saga[ Grose-Smith, 1895
• Chilades yunnanensis Watkins, 1927

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