''Iraota'' is a

southeast Asian Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland ...

and

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

genus. genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

. The genus was erected by

Frederic Moore Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Mo ...

in 1881."''Iraota'' Moore, [1881]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''

Species

*''Iraota abnormis">881]"">"''Iraota'' Moore, [1881]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''

Species

*''Iraota abnormis'' (Moulton, 1911) *''Iraota aurigena'' Fruhstorfer, 1907 *''Iraota distanti'' (Staudinger, 1889) *''Iraota rochana'' (Horsfield, [1829]) - scarce silverstreak *''Iraota timoleon'' (Stoll,

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- silverstreak blue

References

Amblypodiini Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Lycaenidae-stub