Ionolyce helicon
Ionolyce helicon,[1] the pointed lineblue,[2] or bronze lineblue, is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.[2][3]
Description
Dorsal surface of male dark purple and without markings. Whereas in female, dorsum brownish with a bluish-purple tinge at the wing bases. Ventral surface of both wings with dull greyish-brown and white striae. Eye spot at tornus tipped with orange ring. There is a fine white-tipped tail.[4] Caterpillar greenish with pale green markings. Host plants are Allophylus cobbe and Entada phaseoloides. Pupa mottled brown with dark markings.[5]
Subspecies
There are eight subspecies including nominate race.[6][2][7]
- Ionolyce helicon brunnea (Evans, 1932) - Andaman & Nicobar Is. (Andamans).
- Ionolyce helicon caracalla (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914) - Waigeu, Misool, West Irian - Papua, Darnley I., New Britain, New Ireland
- Ionolyce helicon helicon Felder, 1860
- Ionolyce helicon hyllus (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914) -Australia (Cape York - Cooktown)
- Ionolyce helicon javanica Toxopeus, 1929 - Java
- Ionolyce helicon kondulana (Evans, 1932) - Andaman & Nicobar Is. (South Nicobars).
- Ionolyce helicon merguiana Moore, 1884 - Sikkim to N.E. India, S.Burma, Thailand - Singapore, Sumatra, ?Borneo, S.Yunnan
- Ionolyce helicon viola (Moore, 1877) - Sri Lanka, south India[8]
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