Candalides erinus

Small dusky-blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Candalides
Species:	C. erinus
Binomial name
Candalides erinus (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Papilio erinus Fabricius, 1775 Lycaena bimaculosa Doubleday, 1847 Lycaena bimaculosa Butler, 1870 Holochila bimaculosa Miskin, 1891 Plebeius tualensis Röber, 1886 Erina erina

Candalides erinus, the small dusky-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia and Indonesia.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Cassytha aurea, Cassytha filiformis and Cassytha pubescens.

Subspecies

• C. e. erinus (Darwin, Cape York to northern New South Wales)
• C. e. tualensis (Röber, 1886) (Kai Island)
• C. e. stevensi Wind & Clench, 1947 (West Irian to southern New Guinea)
• C. e. sumbensis (Tite, 1963) (Lesser Sunda Islands)
• C. e. timorensis (Tite, 1963) (Timor, Wetar, Kissar, Letti islands)
• C. e. taamensis (Tite, 1963) (Kur and Taam)
• C. e. tenimberensis (Tite, 1963) (Tanimbar islands)
• C. e. sudesta (Tite, 1963) (Tagula Island)

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