''Deudorix isocrates'' (sometimes ''Virachola isocrates''), the common guava blue, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae.
It was described by
Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. It is found in
India,
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
and
Indochina in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
. Other common names include pomegranate butterfly, and anar butterfly.
[
The larvae feed on '']Randia dumetorum
''Catunaregam spinosa'', the mountain pomegranate, is a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, found in South Asia and other Asian countries. Almost all parts of the plant are used as a traditional medicine in Ayurveda and fruits have been
repo ...
'', ''Eriobotrya japonica
The loquat (''Eriobotrya japonica'') is a large evergreen shrub or tree, grown commercially for its orange fruit and for its leaves, which are used to make herbal tea. It is also cultivated as an ornamental plant.
The loquat is in the fam ...
'', '' Psidium guajava'', '' Tamarindus indica'', '' Strychnos nux-vomica'' and ''Gardenia latifolia
''Gardenia latifolia'', also called papra or Hindi:पापडा, Bengali: যোজনগন্ধা, Tamizh: ''Kattu marikalam'' or ''Kumbai'' is medium-sized to large, long-lived tree of family Rubiaceae. Its English common name is India ...
''. It is a pest of pomegranates in India.[Kumawat K. C., S. S. Jheeba and A. K. Soni. (2001). Ecofriendly management of anar butterfly, ''Virachola isocrates'' (Fabricius). ''Advances in Horticulture and Forestry'' 8:1]
Description
File:Guava blue Life History 06 (3404272918).jpg, Infected guava
Guava () is a common tropical fruit cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions. The common guava ''Psidium guajava'' (lemon guava, apple guava) is a small tree in the myrtle family ( Myrtaceae), native to Mexico, Central America, the ...
File:Guava blue Life History 05 (3403463973).jpg, Larva
File:Guava blue Life History 13 (3403464795).jpg, Pupa
File:Guava blue Life History 12 (3403464585).jpg, Pupa
File:Butterflies from JP Nagar forest Bangalore (18).jpg, ''Virachola isocrates''
References
External links
"''Deudorix'' Hewitson, 1863"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Deudorix
Butterflies described in 1793
Deudorigini
Agricultural pest insects
Butterflies of Asia
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