Common Guava Blue

Virachola isocrates (Fabricius, 1793) 


Malayalam Name     

:

 പേര നീലി

Common Name

;

Common Guava Blue/ Pomegranate Butterfly

Order 

:

Lepidoptera

Super Family            

:

Papilionoidae (Butterflies)

Family              

: 

Lycaenidae

Sub Family

:

Theclinae

DISTRIBUTION :  The species found distrubted in    and the subspecies found in South India and Sri Lanka. It is a pest of pomegranates in India

STATUS: Common

HABITAT : 

HABITS :

IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES: 

SIMILAR SPECIES : 

LARVAL HOST PLANTS

Tamarindus indica (Fabaceae). Strychnos nux-vomica (Loganiaceae). Punica, Punica granatum (Lythraceae). Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae). Eriobotrya japonica, Malus pumila, Prunus dulcis, Prunus persica, Pyrus communis (Rosaceae). Catunaregam nutans, Catunaregam spinosa, Gardenia gummifera, Gardenia latifolia, Randia, Tamilnadia uliginosa (Rubiaceae). Citrus, Citrus x aurantium, Citrus sinensis, Limonia acidissima, Limonia elephantum, Naringi crenulata (Rutaceae).

LIFE CYCLE

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Male
female






Courtesy 

Write up:Wikipaedia
Images: TNHS

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