Candalides coerulea

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Candalides coerulea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Candalides
Species: C. coerulea
Binomial name
Candalides coerulea
(Röber, 1886)[1]
Synonyms
  • Plebeius dimorphus var. coeruleus Röber, 1886
  • Holochila subrosea Grose-Smith, 1894
  • Holochila coerulea doreia Tite, 1963

Candalides coerulea is a species of butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Röber in 1886. It is found on the Aru Islands and in West Irian.

Subspecies

  • Candalides coerulea coerulea (Aru)
  • Candalides coerulea subrosea (Grose-Smith, 1894) (West Irian: Humboldt Bay)
  • Candalides coerulea doreia (Tite, 1963) (north-western West Irian, Mount Goliath)

References

  1. ↑ Candalides, funet.fi
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