Candalides helenita
| Shining pencil-blue | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Candalides |
| Species: | C. helenita
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| Candalides helenita | |
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Candalides helenita, the shining pencil-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia and Indonesia.[2]
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
Subspecies
[edit]- Candalides helenita helenita (Cape York to Cairns)
- Candalides helenita dimorpha (Röber, 1886) (Waigeu, Misool, Jobi, West Irian to Papua)
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Faunal Directory
- ^ "lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com". Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
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