Chilades

Chilades, commonly called jewel blues, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Old World and in Australia.

Species
Listed alphabetically:


 * Chilades alberta (Butler, 1901) [now viewed as a species of Euchrysops]
 * Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)
 * Chilades elicola (Strand, 1911)
 * Chilades evorae Libert, Baliteau & Baliteau, 2011 - Cape Verde (Santo Antão)
 * Chilades kedonga (Grose-Smith, 1898)
 * Chilades lajus or Chilades laius (Stoll, [1780]) – lime blue
 * Chilades naidina (Butler, [1886])
 * Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793) – Indian Cupid
 * Chilades roemli Kalis, 1933 Java
 * Chilades saga Grose-Smith, 1895 Timor
 * Chilades serrula (Mabille, 1890)
 * Chilades yunnanensis Watkins, 1927 southwest China

Following recent molecular studies, several species that were previously included in Chilades have been moved to Freyeria and Luthrodes.