Iraota distanti

Distant's silverstreak
Iraota distanti (Female)
Iraota distanti nileia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Iraota
Species:
I. d. nileia
Binomial name
Iraota distanti nileia
Staudinger, 1889.

Iraota distanti, the Distant's silverstreak, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly with at least two subspecies (the nominate and nileia (Fruhstorfer, 1904). It is found in Peninsular Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Mentawi and Borneo (nileia) [1]

Description in Seitz

The anal part of the hindwing has a rounded margin; the blue above extending much farther towards the margin than in any form of timoleon, the under surface exhibits a bright ruddle-red tinge and all the white spots are small and equably distributed across the surface of the wings.In nileia the males have a bright ruddle-red tinge above and all the white spots are very small and equably distributed across the surface of the wings. [2]

Etymology

The name honours William Distant.

  • Male, composite image from Brunei
    Male, composite image from Brunei
  • Female, composite image from Brunei
    Female, composite image from Brunei

Cited references

  1. ^ Seki Y., in "Butterflies of Borneo", Volume 2, No 1
  2. ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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