Chilades galba

Chilades galba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chilades
Species: C. galba
Binomial name
Chilades galba
(Lederer, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena galba Lederer, 1855
  • Freyeria galba
  • Lycaena phiala Grum-Grshimailo, 1890

Chilades galba is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Turkey, central and eastern Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan,[2] the Caucasus and Cyprus.

The larvae feed on Prosopis stephaniana, Lagonychium farctum, Acacia leucophloa, Acacia campbeli and Lagonichium farctum. They are associated with the ant species Monomorium gracillium.

Seitz 77k

Description from Seitz

Z. galba Led. (77 k). Above almost exactly like lysimon in both sexes, beneath strongly recalling species of Azanus, especially in the arrangement and development of the black spots; the forewing beneath bears also some similarity to Chilades trochylus, with which galba moreover agrees in size. It is very easily separated from trochilus by the absence of red and blue submarginal dots. — Syria, said to occur also in Egypt, being mentioned, e. g., from Ismailia on the canal of Suez.[3]

Subspecies

  • Chilades galba galba (Caucasus Minor, highland of Armenia, Talysh Mountains)
  • Chilades galba phiala (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) (Kopet-Dagh, southern Ghissar)

References

  1. ↑ Chilades at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
  3. ↑ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)


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