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Candalides
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Candalides

Candalides is a large genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian ecozone.

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Yellow-spotted Blue

speciesCandalides xanthospilos

Rayed Blue

speciesCandalides heathi

Spotted Opal

speciesCandalides urumelia

Golden-rayed Blue

speciesCandalides noelkeri

Satin Opal

speciesCandalides albosericea

Kimberley Opal

speciesCandalides caesia

Candalides afretta

speciesCandalides afretta

Candalides coerulea

speciesCandalides coerulea

Candalides limbata

speciesCandalides limbata

Candalides meforensis

speciesCandalides meforensis

Candalides parsonsi

speciesCandalides parsonsi

Candalides riuensis

speciesCandalides riuensis

Candalides viriditincta

speciesCandalides viriditincta

Dark Opal

speciesCandalides medicea

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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 334049.