''Chilades'', commonly called jewel blues, is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

. The species of this genus are found in the

Old World The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe , after Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia, which were previously thought of by the ...

and in

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 ...

Species

Listed alphabetically:''Chilades''
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– lime blue *'' Chilades naidina'' (Butler,

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*'' Chilades parrhasius'' (Fabricius, 1793) – Indian Cupid *'' Chilades roemli'' Kalis, 1933 Java *'' Chilades saga'' Grose-Smith, 1895 Timor *'' Chilades serrula'' (Mabille, 1890) *''

Chilades yunnanensis ''Chilades'', commonly called jewel blues, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Old World and in Australia. Species Listed alphabetically:Euchrysops">ow viewed as a species of ''Euchrysop ...

'' Watkins, 1927 southwest China Following recent molecular studies, several species that were previously included in ''Chilades'' have been moved to ''

Freyeria ''Freyeria'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Ludwig Georg Courvoisier in 1920. It currently includes three species: *'' Freyeria putli'' (Kollar, 844 – eastern grass jewel – Ceylon, South India, northeast In ...

'' and '' Luthrodes''.

Gallery

NaidinaButler1886.JPG, '' Chilades naidina'' PharaonisStgr1894.JPG, '' Chilades eleusis'' Andaman68 limeblue (7999671050).jpg, '' Chilades lajus'' Small cupid IMG 4451.jpg, '' Chilades parrhasius''

References

External links

* * Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Polyommatini-stub