Chilades

Jewel blues
Chilades trochylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chilades
Moore, [1881]
Species

Several, see text

Synonyms

Edales Swinhoe, 1910
Freyeria Courvoisier, 1920
Lachides Nekrutenko, 1984
Luthrodes H.H.Druce, 1895

Chilades, commonly called jewel blues,[1] is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Old World and in Australia.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:[2]

The cleotas species group:

  • Chilades boopis (Fruhstorfer, 1897) Indonesia (Misool, Waigeo, Sulawesi, Banggai)
  • Chilades buruana (Holland, 1900) Indonesia (Buru, Serang, Waigeu, Obi Islands)
  • Chilades cleotas (Guérin-Méneville, [1831]) New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Aru, Timor, Wetar
  • Chilades mindora (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) Philippines
  • Chilades pandava (Horsfield, [1829]) – plains Cupid
  • Chilades peripatria Hsu, 1980 Taiwan

The galba species group:

The lajus species group:

Incertae sedis:

  • Chilades evorae Libert, Baliteau & Baliteau, 2011 - Cape Verde (Eastcentral Santo Antão)
  • Chilades roemii Kalis, 1933 Java
  • Chilades saga Grose-Smith, 1895 Timor
  • Chilades yunnanensis Watkins, 1927 southwest China

References

  1. ↑ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
  2. ↑ Chilades at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Media related to Chilades at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Chilades at Wikispecies


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