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Jewel Blues
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Jewel Blues

Chilades

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

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Lime Blue

speciesChilades lajus

Small Cupid

speciesChilades parrhasius

Sky-blue cupid

speciesChilades eleusis

Mindoro Jewel Blue

speciesChilades mindora

Chilades evorae

speciesChilades evorae

Chilades minuscula

speciesChilades minuscula

Chilades yunnanensis

speciesChilades yunnanensis

Chilades alberta

speciesChilades alberta

Chilades mindorus

speciesChilades mindorus

Chilades serrula

speciesChilades serrula

Chilades sanctithomae

speciesChilades sanctithomae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 130782.