Candalides helenita

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Shining pencil-blue
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Candalides
Species:
C. helenita
Binomial name
Candalides helenita
(Semper, [1879]) [1]
Synonyms
  • Holochila helenitaSemper, [1879]
  • Holochila androdusMiskin, 1890
  • Holochila subargenteaGrose-Smith & Kirby, 1896
  • Plebeius dimorphusRöber, 1886

Candalides helenita, the shining pencil-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia and Indonesia. [2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

Subspecies

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References

  1. Australian Faunal Directory
  2. "lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com". Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2011-05-16.