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Caleta (butterfly)
''Caleta'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, mainly found in Southeast Asia. The common name Pierrot is used for some species. Species In his generic classification of the Polyommatini, Toshiya Hirowatari included nine species in ''Caleta'': *'' Caleta argola'' (Hewitson), 876/small> Philippine Islands *'' Caleta caleta'' (Hewitson), 876/small> *'' Caleta celebensis'' (Staudinger), 1889 *'' Caleta decidia'' (Hewitson), 876/small> *'' Caleta elna'' (Hewitson), 876/small> *'' Caleta manovus'' ( Fruhstorfer), 1918 Borneo *'' Caleta mindarus'' (C. & R. Felder), 865/small> New Guinea, New Britain *'' Caleta rhode'' (Hopffer), 1871 Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Buru, Banggai, Timor *'' Caleta roxus'' (Godart), 824/small> Ecology Recorded host plants include '' Ziziphus oenoplia'' (Rhamnaceae). Taxonomy The genus ''Caleta'' was erected by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1922 in Adalbert Seitz's ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' (The Macrolepidoptera of the World). A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleta Decidia
''Caleta decidia'', the angled Pierrot, is a species of Lycaenidae, blue butterfly found in south Asia and southeast Asia. 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. File:Caleta decidia – Angled Pierrot Life Cycle 15.jpg, Larva File:Caleta decidia – Angled Pierrot Life Cycle 25.jpg, Chrysalis File:Caleta decidia – Angled Pierrot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |