Candalides acasta ♂. Ent CSIRO.
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Candalidini
Genus: Candalides
Species: Candalides acasta

Name

Candalides acasta (Cox, H. R., 1873).

Type locality: South Australia.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Bremer Ranges, near Kanmantoo, November".

Synonymy

  • Lycaena acasta Cox, 1873: 402.
  • Holochila anita Semper, 1879: 163, Sydney and Cape York. HT BMNH.
  • Lycaena moerens Rosenstock, 1885: 377, South Australia. HT BMNH.
  • Lycaena canescens Miskin, 1890: 35, Tasmania.
  • Candalides acasta (Cox); Waterhouse, 1932: 133, pl. 19, figs 11-11a.
  • Erina acasta (Cox); Tite, 1963: 217.
  • Candalides acastus [sic] (Cox); Common & Waterhouse, 1981: 536.

References

  • Miskin, W. H., 1890. Descriptions of hitherto undescribed Australian Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) principally Lycaenidae. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 5(2): 29-43. Reference page. 
  • Rosenstock, R., 1885. Notes on Australian Lepidoptera with Descriptions of New Species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)16: 376-385. Reference page. 
  • Semper, G., 1879. Beitrag zur Rhopaloceranfauna von Australien. Journal des Museum Godeffroy 5: 138-194, 2 pls. text, plates Reference page. 
  • Tite, G. E., 1963. A revision of the genus Candalides and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. 14: 197-259, 4 pls, 119 text figs. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Waterhouse, G.A., 1932c. What Butterfly is that? 291pp., 34 pls. Sydney. Reference page. 
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