Candalides helenita, ♂, Australia, Ent. CSIRO.
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Allotriocarida
Classis: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Candalidini
Genus: Candalides
Species: Candalides helenita
Subspecies: (2)
C. h. dimorphus – C. h. helenita

Name

Candalides helenita (Semper, 1879).

Type locality: Australia, Cape York.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Cap. York, Dämel".

Synonymy

  • Holochila helenita Semper, 1879: 162; Tite, 1963: 206.
  • Plebeius dimorphus Röber, 1886: 62, pl. 4, figs 27, 28.
  • Holochila androdus Miskin, 1890: 41. Cape York. Synonymy in Tite, 1963: 206.
  • Holochila subargentea Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896: 3, pl. 9, figs 9-10. Cape York.
  • Candalides helenita helenita (Semper); Common & Waterhouse, 1981: 529; Parsons, 1998: 417, pl. 65, figs 1782-1784.

References

  • Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. 1887–1902. Rhopalocera Exotica - being Illustrations of New, Rare and Unfigured Species of Butterflies 3 Vols. Gurney & Jackson, London. Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3. Reference page. 
  • Miskin, W.H. 1890. Descriptions of hitherto undescribed Australian Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) principally Lycaenidae. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 15(2): 29–43. Reference page. 
  • Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
  • Röber, J., 1886. Neue Tagschmetterlinge der Indo-Austalischen Fauna. Correspondenz-blatt des Entomologischen Vereins "Iris" zu Dresden 1(3): 45-72, [pls 2-5]. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Semper, G. 1879. Beitrag zur Rhopaloceranfauna von Australien. Journal des Museum Godeffroy 5: 138–194, 2 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Tite, G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Candalides and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 14: 197–259, 4 pls, 119 text figs. BHL Reference page. 
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