Candalides erinus, Ent CSIRO image.
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 erinus
Subspecies: (8)
C. e. erinus – C. e. stevensi – C. e. sudesta – C. e. sumbensis – C. e. taamensis – C. e. tenimberensis – C. e. timorensis – C. e. tualensis

Name

Candalides erinus (Fabricius, 1775).

Type locality: "Nova Hollandia" = Australia, see Parsons, 1998: 419.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

  • Papilio erinus Fabricius, 1775: 525.
  • Polyommatus subpallidus Lucas, 1890: 117; synonymy in Tite, 1963: 217.
  • Candalides erinus (Fabricius); Grünberg in Seitz, 1921: 852, North and North West Australia; Waterhouse, 1932: 133, pl. 19, figs 10-10a.
  • Erina erina [sic] (Fabricius); Tite, 1963: 217.
  • Candalides erinus erinus (Fabricius); Parsons, 1998: 419, pl. 68, figs 1819-1820.

References

  • Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510 . BHL. Reference page. 
  • Parsons, M., 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550 Reference page. 
  • Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 1-766; 767-1107, pls 1-175. BHL1, BHL2, 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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