Candalides viriditincta

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 viriditincta

Name

Candalides viriditincta (Tite, 1963).

Type locality: Indonesia, West Papua.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH No. Rh. 16803: "Dutch New Guinea, Weyland Mountains, Menoo Valley, Mount Kunupi, 6,000ft, xii-i, 1920-21 (Pratt Bros)". Allotype ♀ BMNH No. Rh. 16804, same data.

Synonymy

• Candalides neurapacuna Bethune-Baker; Rothschild, 1916: 30, ♀, Snow Mountains. Misidentification corrected in Tite, 1963: 209.
• Holochila viriditincta Tite, 1963: 209, pl. 1, figs 128-129, pl. 2, figs 139-140, text fig. 33.
• Candalides viriditincta (Tite); Parsons, 1998: 673.

References

• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
• Rothschild, L.W. 1916. Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea (Macrolepidoptera). 182 pp., 2 pls. Zoological Museum, Tring. 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.