Candalides margarita

Margarita's blue
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Candalides
Species:
C. margarita
Binomial name
Candalides margarita
(Semper, [1879])[1]
Synonyms

Candalides margarita, or Margarita's blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Georg Semper in 1879.[2] It is found in Australia (along the east coast of Queensland and New South Wales) and New Guinea.

Subspecies

  • Candalides margarita margarita (Australia: Cape York to Port Macquarie)
  • Candalides margarita maria Bethune-Baker, 1908 (Aru, Misool, Waigeu, West Irian to Papua)

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku (20 November 2018). "Candalides margarita (Semper, [1879])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b Semper, Georg (1879). "Beitrag zur Rhopalocerenfauna von Australien". Journal des Museum Godeffroy. 5 (14): 161–162.


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