prev	next	Scientific names	Finnish names	English names
All	Amblypodia	Myrina	Iraota	(iraota)	Silverstreak Blues
Goto:

Iraota Moore, [1881]

Silverstreak Blues
Iraota Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 101, TS: Hesperia maecenas Fabricius
Iraota ; Bethune-Baker, 1903, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 17 (1) : 8
Iraota (Amblypodiini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 432

Larva on Ficus [BMP]

Iraota timoleon (Stoll, [1790])

China, Ceylon, S.India - Madhya Pradesh, Konkan, Calcutta, Lucknow, Simla - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Silverstreak Blue
Papilio timoleon Stoll, [1790]; Aanhaangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (2-5): 146, pl. 32, f. 4, TL: China
Hesperia maecenas Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 271
Iraota timoleon timoleon, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Deudorix maecenas ; Hewitson, 1863, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 25, pl. 8, f. 21 (Deudorix timoleon var.)
Iraota maecenas ; Bethune-Baker, 1903, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 17 (1) : 11
Iraota timoleon ; Bethune-Baker, 1903, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 17 (1) : 9, pl. 4, f. 2, 2a; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 177, f. 21, 22]; [MRS, 638]

Larva on Ficus glomerata [BIR], Ficus benghalensis, F. religiosa, F. glomerata, Punica spp., P. granatum [MRS]

I. t. timoleon

NW.India, Assam - S.China Thecla nila Kollar, [1844]; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek, 4: 413, pl. 4, f. 5-6
Iraota timoleon timoleon ; [BOR, 587]

I. t. nicevillei ?Butter²

Ceylon Iraota timoleon nicevillei ; [BOR, 587 (note)]

I. t. arsaces Fruhstorfer²

S.India Iraota timoleon arsaces ; [BOR, 587 (note)]

I. t. wickii Eliot, 1980

Malaysia Iraota timoleon wickii Eliot, 1980; ::REF#a: 149, f. 9, TL: Malaysia, Selangor/Pahang border, Genting Ridge
Iraota timoleon wickii ; [BMP: 293, pl. 44, f. 9]

Iraota rochana (Horsfield, [1829])

Manipur, Burma. See [About maps] Scarce Silverstreak
Amblypodia rochana Horsfield, [1829]; Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (2): 108
Iraota rochana ; Bethune-Baker, 1903, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 17 (1) : 12; [BIR, 316]; [BOW: pl. 177, f. 21 (text)]

Larva on Ficus benjamini [BMP]

I. r. rochana

Java Iraota rochana rochana ; [BOR, 587 (note)]

I. r. accius Fruhstorfer²

Borneo Iraota rochana accius ; [BOR, 587]

I. r. ottonis Fruhstorfer, 1907

Palawan f.f. wala Takanami, 1984
Iraota rochana ottonis ; [BOR, 587]

I. r. boswelliana Distant, 1885

Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Thailand, Singapore Iraota boswelliana Distant, 1885; Rhopalocera Malayana : 258, pl. 22, f. 23
Iraota rochana boswelliana ; [BMP: 292, pl. 44, f. 3-5]; [BOR, 587 (note)]

I. r. pandara Fruhstorfer, 1907

Thailand Iraota rochana pandara Fruhstorfer, 1907; Ent. Zs. 21 (25): 156
Iraota rochana pandara, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Iraota rochana pandara ; [BOR, 587 (note)]

I. r. lysippus Fruhstorfer²

Nias Iraota rochana lysippus ; [BOR, 587 (note)]

I. r. johnsoniana Holland²

Sulawesi Iraota rochana johnsoniana ; [BOR, 587]

I. r. mangolina Fruhstorfer²

Sula Iraota rochana mangolina ; [BOR, 587 (note)]

I. r. lazarena (C. & R. Felder, 1862)

Philippines (Mindoro) Myrina lazarena C. & R. Felder, 1862; Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (9) : 293
leytensis Jumalon, 1975
luzoniensis Murayama & Okamura, 1973
Iraota lazarana ; Bethune-Baker, 1903, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 17 (1) : 13, pl. 1, f. 2
Iraota lazarena ; [BOW: pl. 177, f. 20]
Iraota rochana lazarena ; [BOR, 588 (note)]

I. r. boholica Fruhstorfer, 1907

Philippines (Bohol) Iraota timoleon boholica Fruhstorfer, 1907; Ent. Zs. 21 (25): 156, TL: Bohol
Iraota rochana boholica ; [BOR, 588 (note)]

I. r. garzoni Schröder & Treadaway, 1986

I. r. austrosuluensis Schröder & Treadaway, 1989

I. r. indalawanae Schröder & Treadaway, 1993

I. r. boudanti Treadaway & Nuyda, 1993

Iraota distanti (Staudinger, 1889)

Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo. See [About maps] Deudorix distanti Staudinger, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1) : 121
Iraota distanti distanti, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Iraota distanti ; [BOW: 177, f. 19]

I. d. distanti

Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Thailand Iraota nila Distant, 1886; Rhopalocera Malayana : 462, pl. 44, f. 24 (preocc. ?Thecla nila Kollar, [1844])
Iraota distanti distanti ; [BMP: 293, pl. 44, f. 6-8]
Iraota nila ; Bethune-Baker, 1903, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 17 (1) : 14
Iraota distanti distanti ; [BOR, 588]

I. d. nileia Fruhstorfer²

Borneo Iraota distanti nileia ; [BOR, 588]

Iraota abnormis (Moulton, 1911)

Borneo (Sarawak). See [About maps] abnormis (Moulton, 1911); J. Straits Brch. R. Asiat. Soc. 60 (1911) : 156
Iraota abnormis ; [BOR, 588]

Iraota aurigena Fruhstorfer, 1907

New Guinea. See [About maps] Iraota aurigena Fruhstorfer, 1907; Ent. Zs. 21 (26): 162, TL: NE.New Guinea
?Hypochrysops aurigena ; [BOW: pl. 176, f. 35]

10.12.2011 (6)

References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BIR]

Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)

[BMP]

Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2

[BOR]

D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[LAMAS-2005]

Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Bethune-Baker, 1903

A Revision of the Amblypodia Group of Butterflies of the Family Lycaenidae Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 17 (1) : 1-164, pl. 1-5

Distant, 1885; Distant, 1886

Rhopalocera Malayana: a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Rhopalocera Malayana : 1-481, pl. 1-27,27A,27B,28-44

Eliot, 1973

The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6

C. & R. Felder, 1862

Lepidoptera nova a Dr. Carolo Semper in Insulis Philippinis collecta diagnosibus. (2) Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (9) : 282-294

Fruhstorfer, 1907

Neue indo-australische Lycaeniden Ent. Zs. 21 (24): 150-151 (14 September), (25): 156 (21 September)

Fruhstorfer, 1907

Eine neue Lycaenide aus Kaiser-Wilhelmsland Ent. Zs. 21 (26): 162 (28 September)

Hewitson, 1863

Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)

Horsfield, [1829]

Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects contained in the Museum of the Horourable East-India Company, illustrated by coloured figures of new species Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): 1-80, pl. 1-4 (1828), (2): 81-144, pl. 5-8, (expl.) [1-2] (1829)

Moore, [1881]

The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18, (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36, (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54, (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71

Moulton, 1911

A List of the Butterflies of Borneo with Descriptions of new Species (3) J. Straits Brch. R. Asiat. Soc. 60 (1911) : 73-177, pl. 1

Staudinger, 1889

Lepidoptera der Insel Palawan Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1) : 3-180, pl. 1-2

Stoll, [1790]

Aanhangsel van het Werk, de Uitlandsche Kapellen Aanhaangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (1): 1-42, pl. 1-8 (1787), (2-5): 43-184, pl. 9-42 (1790)

If you have corrections, comments or information to add into these pages, just send mail to Markku Savela
Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.