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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Scientific name
  
Chilades

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Higher classification
  
Lycaenidae

Chilades Butterflies of Malaysia Chilades pandava

Lower classifications
  
Chilades trochylus, Chilades parrhasius, Chilades lajus, Chilades contracta

Small cupid butterfly chilades parrhasius


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

Contents

Chilades Butterflies of the Indian subcontinent Chilades parrhasius

Plains cupid butterflies lycaenidae chilades pandava


Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:

The cleotas species group:

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  • 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:

    Chilades Chilades Wikiwand

  • Chilades contracta (Butler, 1880) – small Cupid
  • Chilades galba (Lederer, 1855) – Persian grass blue
  • Chilades ella (Butler, 1881) South Central Asia

    • The lajus species group:

    Chilades Chilades Wikipedia

  • Chilades alberta (Butler, 1901) [now viewed as a species of Euchrysops]
  • Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
  • Chilades elicola (Strand, 1911)
  • Chilades lajus or Chilades laius (Stoll, [1780]) – lime blue
  • Chilades minuscula (Aurivillius, 1909)
  • Chilades naidina (Butler, [1886])
  • Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793) – Indian Cupid
  • Chilades putli (Kollar, [1844]) – eastern grass jewel – Ceylon, South India, northeast India, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland), Ryukyu Islands
  • Chilades sanctithomae (Sharpe, 1893)
  • Chilades serrula (Mabille, 1890)
  • Chilades trochylus (Freyer, 1845) – grass jewel

    • Incertae sedis:

  • Chilades evorae Libert, Baliteau & Baliteau, 2011
  • Chilades roemii Kalis, 1933 Java
  • Chilades saga Grose-Smith, 1895 Timor
  • Chilades yunnanensis Watkins, 1927 southwest China

    • References

    Chilades Wikipedia
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