title: Chilades
text: # 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.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Chilades naidina
  * Chilades eleusis
  * Chilades lajus
  * Chilades parrhasius
  