Candalides cyprotus

Candalides cyprotus ♂, 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 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 cyprotus
Subspecies: (2)
C. c. cyprotus – C. c. pallescens

Name

Candalides cyprotus (Olliff, 1886).

Type locality: Australia, New South Wales.

Holotype: ♂ ANIC: "Katoomba, Blue Mountains, 3,350ft. A.S. Olliff."

Synonymy

• Chrysophanus cyprotus Olliff, 1886: 716.
• Holochila purpurea Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1897: 7, pl. 10, figs 11-12, Sydney. Synomymy in Waterhouse, 1902: 333.
• Cyprotides cyprotus (Olliff); Tite, 1963: 213, text figs 2, 9, 48-50.
• Candalides cyprotus (Olliff); Common & Waterhouse, 1981: 533.

References

• Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, G.A. 1981. Butterflies of Australia Angus & Robertson, Sydney, Australia. 2nd Revised Edition. 682 pp., 49 pls. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Olliff, A. S., 1886. A new butterfly of the family Lycaenidae from the Blue Mountains. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (1)10: 716-717.
• 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. 1902. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae, 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 27(3): 331–342]. BHL Reference page.