''Deudorix isocrates'' (sometimes ''Virachola isocrates''), the common guava blue, is a

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

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 butterf ...

. It was described by

Johan Christian Fabricius Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is co ...

in 1793. It is found in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, Sri Lanka and

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

in the Indomalayan realm. Other common names include pomegranate butterfly, and anar butterfly. The larvae feed on '' Randia dumetorum'', ''

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 family ...

'', ''

Psidium guajava ''Psidium guajava'', the common guava, yellow guava, lemon guava, or apple guava is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to the Caribbean, Central America and South America. It is easily pollinated by insects; when cultivated, it is polli ...

'', ''

Tamarindus indica Tamarind (''Tamarindus indica'') is a leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that is probably indigenous to tropical Africa. The genus ''Tamarindus'' is monotypic, meaning that it contains only this species. It belongs to the family Fabaceae. ...

'', ''

Strychnos nux-vomica ''Strychnos nux-vomica'', the strychnine tree, also known as nux vomica, poison fruit, semen strychnos, and quaker buttons, is a deciduous tree native to India and to southeast Asia. It is a medium-sized tree in the family Loganiaceae that grow ...

'' and '' Gardenia latifolia''. It is a pest of

pomegranate The pomegranate (''Punica granatum'') is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between tall. The pomegranate was originally described throughout the Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean re ...

s in

.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 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 {{lycaenidae-stub