Candalides heathi

Candalides heathi, Australia, Ent. CSIRO photo.

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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 heathi
Subspecies: (4)
C. h. aerata – C. h. alpina – C. h. doddi – C. h. heathi

Name

Candalides heathi (Cox, 1873).

Type locality: South Australia.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Lycaena heathi Cox, 1873: 402.
• Lycaena paradoxa Guest, 1882: 36. Balhannah County, Adelaide, Australia. Synonymy in Tite, 1963: 221.
• Candalides heathi (Cox); Waterhouse, 1932: 130, pl. 19, fig. 4; Common & Waterhouse, 1981: 540.
• Microscena heathi (Cox); Tite, 1963: 221.

References

• Cox, H. R., 1873. Entomological notes from South Australia. The Entomologist 6: 203-209; 357-359; 401-402. Reference page. 
• Guest, E., 1882. List of Diurnal Lepidoptera about Balhannah, Co. Adelaide, with descriptions of new or little-known species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 5: 34-37. 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. 
• Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. What Butterfly is that? 291pp., 34 pls. Sydney. Reference page. 

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