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

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Within Vinony's link graph, Candalides is referenced by 37 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, insect and butterfly.

It is catalogued under topics including Candalidini and Lycaenidae genera.

Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Varied Dusky-blue

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyLycaenidae
Observations2,395

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4,012
Family
Lycaenidae
Collections
QM, CSIRO, WAM, UMNH
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Candalidini
Image
Common Dusky Blue.JPG
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taxon name
Candalides
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Commons category
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Category:Candalides
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Encyclopedic overview

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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])

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