This is one of the largest species of lycaenid butterflies. Lycaenopsis is a genus of lycaenid butterflies. Virachola isocrates is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia. A genus of Lycaenid butterfly has been named after him. Curetis bulis, the bright sunbeam, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. Loxura atymnus, the yamfly, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia. Tajuria arida, the Ceylon indigo royal, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly. Curetis acuta, the angled sunbeam, is a species of butterfly belong to the lycaenid family. Remelana jangala, the chocolate royal, is a lycaenid or blue butterfly found in South Asia. The Lycaenid butterflies are particularly well known for this. Ants tend a wide variety of insect species, most notably lycaenid butterfly caterpillars and hemipterans. Interspecific competition may occur with other lycaenid butterflies for the larval food plant. Such limited-view iridescence was previously only known from one other species, the lycaenid "Ancyluris meliboeus". Arhopala eumolphus, the green oakblue, is a lycaenid butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. Some lycaenid species such as "Phengaris rebeli" are social parasites of "Myrmica" ants nests.