Subspecies in India
(1) Iraota timoleon timoleon (Stoll, [1790]) – Oriental Silverstreak Blue
(2) Iraota timoleon arsaces Fruhstorfer, 1907 – Dakhan Silverstreak Blue
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This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Assam | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 36 | |||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Total | 29 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 45 |
Punica granatum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Lythraceae). Ficus benghalensis (Bell 1919a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Ficus racemosa (Davidson et al. 1896; Bell 1919a; Robinson et al. 2010;), Ficus religiosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Ficus tsjahela (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Moraceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Iraota timoleon (Stoll, [1790]) – Silverstreak Blue. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/iraota-timoleon, accessed 2024/10/13.