Iraota

Iraota
Iraota rochana boswelliana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Tribe:	Amblypodiini
Genus:	Iraota Moore, 1881

Iraota is a southeast Asian and Indian genus. genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1881.[1]

Species

• Iraota abnormis (Moulton, 1911)
• Iraota aurigena Fruhstorfer, 1907
• Iraota distanti (Staudinger, 1889)
• Iraota rochana (Horsfield, [1829]) - scarce silverstreak
• Iraota timoleon (Stoll, [1790]) - silverstreak blue

References

1. "Iraota Moore, [1881]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms