''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

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