Candalides coerulea

Candalides coerulea is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Röber in 1886. It is found on the Aru Islands and in West Irian.

Candalides coerulea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Candalides
Species:	C. coerulea
Binomial name
Candalides coerulea (Röber, 1886)[1]
Synonyms
Plebeius dimorphus var. coeruleus Röber, 1886 Holochila subrosea Grose-Smith, 1894 Holochila coerulea doreia Tite, 1963

Subspecies

• Candalides coerulea coerulea (Aru)
• Candalides coerulea subrosea (Grose-Smith, 1894) (West Irian: Humboldt Bay)
• Candalides coerulea doreia (Tite, 1963) (north-western West Irian, Mount Goliath)