Taxonavigation

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Chilades
Species (12):
C. alberta – C. eleusis – C. elicola – C. evorae – C. kedonga – C. lajus – C. naidina – C. parrhasius – C. roemli – C. saga – C. serrula – C. yunnanensis

Name

Chilades Moore, 1881

Type species: Papilio lajus Stoll, [1780], by original designation.

References

• Bálint, Z. & Johnson, K. 1997. Reformation of the Polyommatus section with a taxonomic and biogeographic overview (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatini). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 40: 1–68. PDF. Reference page. 

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1913a. Comparative notes on Chilades galba Lederer and C. phiala Grum-Grshimailo. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1913: 201-204. pl. 5. Reference page. 

• Courvoisier, L. G., 1914-1921. Zur Synonymie des Genus Lycaena. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (Iris) [1914] 28: 143-176; [1920] 34: 230-262; [1921]: 35: 54–110. v.28, v.34, v.35. Reference page. 

• Druce, H.H. 1895. A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1895(3): 556–627, 4 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Hesselbarth, G., Van Oorschot, H., & Wagener, S., 1995. Die Tagfalter der Turkei unter Berucksichtigung der angrenzenden Lander. Allgemeiner Teil, spezieller Teil. Band 1. Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae. Selbstverlag Sigbert Wagener, Hemdener Weg 19, D 46399 Bocholt, Germany: 1–754.

• Libert, M., Baliteau, L. & Baliteau, S. 2011. Deux nouveaux Lycaenidae du Cap-Vert (Lepidoptera). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 116(1): 63–67. PDF. Reference page. 

• Moore, F., 1881. Lepidoptera of Ceylon Volume 1. L. Reeve & Co., London. 190 pp. 71 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 

• Nekrutenko, Y., 1984, The Blue Butterflies of the USSR Fauna, Assigned to the Genus Chilades (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). [In Russian]. Vestnik Zoologii 1984(3): 29–40, ill. Reference page. 

• Stoll, 1780-1790. In Cramer, P. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht. Part 4 + Suppl. Pt.4 [1780]: 29-90, pls 305-336; [1781]: 91-164, pls 337-372; [1782]: 165-252, pls 373-400; Suppl [1787]: 1-42, pls 1-8; [1790]: 43-184, pls 9-42. Reference page. 

• Swinhoe, C., 1911. In Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. 8 (1910-1911) Lycaenidae. x + 293 pp., pls 640-705a. London. text, plates. Reference page. 

• Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R., 2013. Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics 29(2): 166–192. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00421.x Reference page.