''Iraota'' is a

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n and

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n genus. genus of

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in the family

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. 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