Iraota timoleon, the silverstreak blue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia.
Description
Subspecies Iraota timoleon arsaces (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (south India - Madhya Pradesh to Kerala) male above of a much brighter, more lustrous metallic blue, female entirely suffused with blue. Beneath the white marking less distinct with blurred contours, particularly also the dually-lobed subbasal spot which is more obliterate and covered with brown. The anal angle of the hindwing shows more metallic blue scales. 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) Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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