Candalides hyacinthina

Varied dusky-blue
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Candalides
Species:	C. hyacinthina
Binomial name
	Candalides hyacinthina; (Semper, [1879])
Synonyms
	Holochila hyacinthina Semper, [1879] ; Polycyma cassythae Scott, 1890 ; Candalides cassythae Couchman, 1962 ; Cupipo simplexa Tepper, 1882 ; Polyommatus cyanites Meyrick, 1888 ;

Candalides hyacinthina, the varied dusky-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found along the east coast of Australia, including South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia and Victoria.^[2]

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

Subspecies

C. h. hyacinthina - common dusky blue (southern Queensland to central Victoria, Grampians)
C. h. simplexa (Tepper, 1882) - western dusky blue (north-western Victoria, Southern Australia, Western Australia)
C. h. eugenia Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 (Queensland (Port Stewart to Yeppoon))
C. h. josephina Harris, 1952 (Stawell)

^ Candalides hyacinthina at the Australian Faunal Directory
^ Candalides hyacinthina Archived 2011-04-09 at the Wayback Machine at Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths

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