Silverstreak blue
Iraota timoleon
The silverstreak blue is a butterfly with black wings that shine deep metallic blue. Underneath it is chocolate brown with bright silver streaks and spots. It has a little black tail with a white tip on each back wing.
Lives in
South and Southeast Asia, from India and Sri Lanka to Malaysia and southern China
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Butterflies cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other blue butterflies, the grown-ups sip nectar from flowers.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Silverstreak blue about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The tips of its feelers are orange-red.
2
Its eyes have a thin white ring around them.
3
The female has two tails on each back wing, while the male has one.
4
On the underside of its back wing there is a curly silver band with funny bumps and lobes.
you asked
Most asked questions about Silverstreak blue
?Why is it called the silverstreak blue?
Because the underside of its wings has a shiny silver streak and silver spots.
?Where does the silverstreak blue live?
In Asia, in places like India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and southern China.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Iraota timoleon
- Named by
- Stoll, 1790
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Iraota timoleon (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Anitava Roy. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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