Candalides

Candalides
Candalides hyacinthinus sitting on a bay bean
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Candalides
Hübner, 1819
Synonyms

Cyprotides Tite, 1963
Erina Swainson, 1833
Holochila C.Felder, 1862
Microscena Tite, 1963
Polycyma Felder, 1862 (invalid)
Polycyma Scott, 1890 (unavailable)

Candalides is a large genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Australasian ecozone.

Species

External links

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