Chilades

Jewel blues
Chilades lajus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Tribe:	Polyommatini
Genus:	Chilades Moore, [1881]

Chilades, commonly called jewel blues, ^[1] is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. ^[2] The species of this genus are found in the Old World and in Australia.

Species

Listed alphabetically: ^[3]

• Chilades alberta (Butler, 1901) [now viewed as a species of Euchrysops ]
• Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
• Chilades elicola (Strand, 1911)
• Chilades evorae Libert, Baliteau & Baliteau, 2011 - Cape Verde (Santo Antão)
• Chilades kedonga (Grose-Smith, 1898)
• Chilades lajus or Chilades laius(Stoll, [1780]) – lime blue
• Chilades naidina (Butler, [1886])
• Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793) – Indian Cupid
• Chilades roemli Kalis, 1933 Java
• Chilades saga Grose-Smith, 1895 Timor
• Chilades serrula (Mabille, 1890)
• Chilades yunnanensis Watkins, 1927 southwest China

Following recent molecular studies, several species that were previously included in Chilades have been moved to Freyeria and Luthrodes .

Gallery

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  Chilades naidina
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  Chilades eleusis
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  Chilades lajus
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  Chilades parrhasius

References

1. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.
2. Chilades Moore, 1881 . Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera  on 21 January 2019.
3. Chilades at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links

• Media related to Chilades at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Chilades at Wikispecies