Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Candalidini
Genus: Candalides
Species: Candalides viriditincta

Name

Candalides viriditincta (Tite, 1963).

Type locality: Indonesia, West Papua.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH No. Rh. 16803: "Dutch New Guinea, Weyland Mountains, Menoo Valley, Mount Kunupi, 6,000ft, xii-i, 1920-21 (Pratt Bros)". Allotype ♀ BMNH No. Rh. 16804, same data.

Synonymy

  • Candalides neurapacuna Bethune-Baker; Rothschild, 1916: 30, ♀, Snow Mountains. Misidentification corrected in Tite, 1963: 209.
  • Holochila viriditincta Tite, 1963: 209, pl. 1, figs 128-129, pl. 2, figs 139-140, text fig. 33.
  • Candalides viriditincta (Tite); Parsons, 1998: 673.

References

  • Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
  • Rothschild, L.W. 1916. Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea (Macrolepidoptera). 182 pp., 2 pls. Zoological Museum, Tring. Text, plates. Reference page. 
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