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Candalides
''Candalides'' is a large genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm. Species *'' Candalides absimilis'' (C. Felder, 1862) *'' Candalides acasta'' (Cox, 1873) *'' Candalides afretta'' Parsons, 1986 *'' Candalides ardosiacea'' (Tite, 1963) *'' Candalides biaka'' (Tite, 1963) *'' Candalides coerulea'' (Röber, 1886) *'' Candalides consimilis'' Waterhouse, 1942 *'' Candalides cuprea'' (Röber, 1886) *'' Candalides cyprotus'' (Olliff, 1886) *'' Candalides erinus'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Candalides geminus'' Edwards & Kerr, 1978 *'' Candalides gilberti'' Waterhouse, 1903 *'' Candalides grandissima'' Bethune-Baker, 1908 *'' Candalides heathi'' (Cox, 1873) *''Candalides helenita'' (Semper, 879 *''Candalides hyacinthina'' (Semper, 879 *'' Candalides lamia'' (Grose-Smith, 1897) *'' Candalides limbata'' (Tite, 1963) *'' Candalides margarita'' (Semper, 879 *'' Candalides meforensis'' (Tite, 1963) *'' Candalides neurapacuna'' Bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candalides Absimilis
''Candalides absimilis'', the pencilled blue or common pencil-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found along the east coast of Australia, including Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria. The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adult males are grey blue, while females are brown on top with a large white patch on each wing and a purple sheen near the hinges. The underside of both sexes is white with rows of fawn carets. The larvae have been recorded feeding on buds and young shoots of a wide range of plants, including '' Flagellaria'', '' Macadamia integrifolia'', ''Castanospermum australe'', ''Erythrina'', ''Callerya megasperma'', '' Wisteria'', '' Cassia fistula'', '' Alectryon coriaceus'', ''Brachychiton acerifolius ''Brachychiton acerifolius'' is a large tree of the family Malvaceae endemic to tropical and subtropical regions on the east coast of Australia. It is famous for the bright red bell-shaped flowers th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candalides Margarita
''Candalides margarita'', or Margarita's blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Georg Semper in 1879. It is found in Australia (along the east coast of Queensland and New South Wales) and New Guinea. The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adult females are black with a large white patch on each wing, and a faint metallic blue suffusion toward the base. Adult males are plain dull blue. The larvae feed on young shoots and flowers of ''Amylotheca dictyophleba'', ''Dendrophthoe curvata'', ''Dendrophthoe vitellina'', ''Muellerina celastroides'', '' Amyema congener'', '' Amyema miquelii'', '' Amyema conspicua'' and '' Benthamina alyxifolia''. They are attended by the ant ''Technomyrmex ''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ... sophiae''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candalides Hyacinthina
''Candalides hyacinthina'', the varied dusky-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found along the east coast of Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ..., including South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia and Victoria. at Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults males have dark bronze wings. Females are also bronze, but have a substantial area with a blue sheen on each wing. The underside of both sexes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candalides Grandissima
''Candalides grandissima'' is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in New Guinea. Subspecies *''Candalides grandissima grandissima'' (southern New Guinea to Papua New Guinea) *''Candalides grandissima morobea'' Wind & Clench, 1947 (New Guinea: Morobe district) References Butterflies described in 1908 Candalidini {{Polyommatinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candalides Consimilis
''Candalides consimilis'', the consimilis blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Gustavus Athol Waterhouse in 1942. It is found in Australia. The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adult females are brown, while males are mauve with brown margins. The larvae feed on the flowers of '' Hedera helix'', '' Polyscias elegans'', ''Polyscias sambucifolia'', '' Ceratopetalum gummiferum'' and ''Alectryon coriaceus ''Alectryon coriaceus'', known as the beach bird's eye, or beach alectryon is a rainforest tree of the soapberry family found in eastern Australia. The specific epithet ''coriaceus'' refers to the leathery thick leaves. Leaflets are 4 to 12&n ...''. They are variable in colour, ranging from pink, orange or yellow to green. Subspecies *''Candalides consimilis consimilis'' (Australia: Townsville to eastern Victoria) *''Candalides consimilis goodingi'' Tindale, 1965 (Australia: eastern Victoria) *''Candalides consimilis toza'' (Kerr, 1967 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candalides Coerulea
''Candalides coerulea'' is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Röber in 1886. It is found on the Aru Islands and in West Irian. Subspecies *''Candalides coerulea coerulea'' (Aru) *''Candalides coerulea subrosea'' (Grose-Smith, 1894) (West Irian: Humboldt Bay) *''Candalides coerulea doreia'' (Tite, 1963) (north-western West Irian, Mount Goliath) References Candalidini Butterflies described in 1886 Butterflies of Indonesia Taxa named by Julius Röber {{Polyommatinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candalides Helenita
''Candalides helenita'', the shining pencil-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia and Indonesia. The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults males are blue with a narrow black margin around each wing. The females are dark brown with a white patch on each wing. The underside of both sexes is white with a few dark dots around the hindwing margins. The larvae have been recorded feeding on the young foliage of '' Arytera pauciflora'', ''Glochidion ferdinandi'', ''Cryptocarya hypospodia'' and ''Brachychiton acerifolium ''Brachychiton acerifolius'' is a large tree of the family Malvaceae endemic to tropical and subtropical regions on the east coast of Australia. It is famous for the bright red bell-shaped flowers that often cover the whole tree when it is leaf ...''. They are green to brown with a pale brown head. Pupation takes place in a brown pupa which is formed in a curled leaf at the bottom of the host plant. Subspecies *''Candalides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candalides Cyprotus
''Candalides cyprotus'', the cyprotus blue or copper pencil-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found along the east coast of Australia, including South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia and Victoria. The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults females are dark brown with a large blue patch near the centre of each forewing. Males are purple with a black trident mark near the centre of each forewing. The underside of both sexes is pale fawn with arcs of brown carets and dots under both the forewings and hindwings. The larvae have been recorded feeding on '' Conospermum taxifolium'', ''Grevillea huegelii'', '' Grevillea bracteosa'', '' Grevillea juniperina'', '' Hakea leucoptera'' and ''Jacksonia scoparia ''Jacksonia scoparia'', commonly known as dogwood (from its strong odour when burning), is a native species of a pea-flowered, greyish, leafless, broom-like shrub or small tree that occurs in the south east of Queensland, Australia a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candalides Acasta
''Candalides acasta'', the blotched blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Australia, including Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. at Australian Caterpillars and Their Butterflies and Moths The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are brown with a blue sheen. The underside is fawn with brown shading and rows of dark dashes. The larvae have been recorded feeding inside the flower buds of '' Cassytha'' species, including '' |
Candalides Neurapacuna
''Candalides neurapacuna'' is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from southern New Guinea to south-eastern Papua New Guinea. References Butterflies described in 1908 Candalidini {{Polyommatinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candalides Heathi
''Candalides heathi'', the rayed blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Australia, including South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are pale brown with a purple sheen. The underside is white with a row of black dots along the wing margins. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Pimelea'' species, ''Eremophila longifolia'', ''Plantago'' species and '' Derwentia derwentiana''. They are green with dense white hairs and six reddish knobs on their back. The larvae are attended by black ants. Pupation takes place in a brown pupa with a length of about 10 mm which is formed on the host plant or in debris on the ground. Subspecies *''C. h. heathi'' (coastal central Queensland to Western Australia) *''C. h. aerata'' (Montague, 1914) (Western Australia (Monte Bello Island, Geraldton) *''C. h. alpina'' Waterhouse, 1928 (Mount Kosciusko, Brindabella Range) *''C. h. doddi'' Burns, 948 Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candalides Gilberti
''Candalides gilberti'', the northern pencil-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia in the Northern Territory and the north of Western Australia. The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are blue. The underside of both sexes is white with rows of dark dots and dashes. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Decaisnina signata ''Decaisnina signata'' is a species of flowering plant, an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae native to Australia. It is found from Cape York to the Kimberleys. It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller as ''Loranth ...'' and '' Alstonia actinophylla''. They are narrow, green or red with various markings and have a length of about 15 mm. The colour depends on the part of the host plant it is feeding on (it is green when feeding on the leaves and red when feeding on the flowers). Pupation takes place in a mottled brown pupa with a length of about 14 mm. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |