Chilades lajus

Lime blue
Dry-season form
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chilades
Species:
C. lajus
Binomial name
Chilades lajus
(Stoll, [1780])
Synonyms
  • Chilades laius (lapsus)
  • Hesperia cajus Fabricius, 1793
  • Lycaena brahmina C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Polyommatus kandura Moore, [1866][1]

Chilades lajus, the lime blue,[2] is a small butterfly found in India,[2] Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Hainan, Mangulam Island, Sulawesi and the Philippines that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.[1]

  1. ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Chilades lajus (Stoll, [1780])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  2. ^ a b R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 143. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.