Angled Pierrot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Caleta
Species:
C. decidia
Binomial name
Caleta decidia
(Hewitson, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena decidia Hewitson, 1876
  • Castalius interruptus de Nicéville, [1884]
  • Castalius interruptus Moore, [1884]
  • Castalius decidia Moore, [1881]
  • Castalius caleta decidia Fruhstorfer, 1918

Caleta decidia, the angled Pierrot,[1] is a species of blue butterfly found in south Asia and southeast Asia.[2][3][4]

Description

The male's upperside is dark brown. Both wings crossed by a common broad band of white commencing at the second discoidal nervure of the anterior wing where it projects towards the outer margin. Underside is white having anterior wing with a small spot at base, a band before the middle, a large spot on the costal margin near the apex, a large spot at the anal angle, the apex which is marked by two white spots, the outer margin and a spot at its middle, all dark brown. Posterior wing is with a band near the base, a small spot on the inner margin, a large spot below this, a bifid spot near the apex, a spot between this and a series of submarginal lunular spots, all dark brown.[2][5][6]

Range

The butterfly is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Nepal and India.[1][3][4]

See also

References

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  1. 1 2 Savela, Markku. "Caleta decidia (Hewitson, 1876)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  2. 1 2 William C., Hewitson (1856). Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies: selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. London: John Van Voorst.
  3. 1 2 Varshney, R.; Smetacek, P. A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India (2015 ed.). New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal and Indinov Publishing. p. 33.
  4. 1 2 Inayoshi, Yutaka. "Caleta decidia decidida (Hewitson,[1876])". Butterflies in Indo-China. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  5. ↑ Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Bingham, C.T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. II (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. pp. 429–430.
  6. ↑ Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1905–1910). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. VII. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 247–249.


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