Chilades

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

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. 1881-83. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Vols. 1, 190pp, pls 1–71. 2, 162pp, pls 72–143. L. Reeve & Co., London. 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, C. 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.

Links

Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies.

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.

References

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