''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 {{lycaenidae-stub