''Iraota timoleon'', the silverstreak blue, is a species of
lycaenid
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 ...
or blue butterfly found in Asia.
Description
Subspecies
*''Iraota timoleon arsaces'' (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (south India - Madhya Pradesh to Kerala)[
*''Iraota timoleon timoleon'' (Stoll, 1790) (Andaman & Nicobar Island, Odisha, Uttarakhand to North-East India, South China)][
*''Iraota timoleon nicevillei'' (Butler, 1901) (Sri Lanka)]
*''Iraota timoleon wickii'' (Eliot, 1980) (Malaysia)[
]
Life history
File:Silverstreakblue egg01` (4233620670).jpg, Egg
File:Silverstreak blue larva 01 (4233620366).jpg, Larva
File:Silverstreak blue pupa (4232848035).jpg, Pupa
Image:IraotaTimoleonMaleCompositeAC1.jpg, Composite image of a male from Nepal
File:Ly Silverstreak Blue 01 July 2007 (693955223).jpg, Ventral view
References
Amblypodiini
Butterflies described in 1790
Butterflies of Asia
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