Caleta decidia
| Angled Pierrot | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Caleta |
| Species: | C. decidia
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| Binomial name | |
| Caleta decidia (Hewitson, 1876)
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Caleta decidia, the angled Pierrot,[1] is a species of blue butterfly found in south Asia and southeast Asia.[2][3][4]
Description
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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]
- Life cycle
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Larva -
Chrysalis -
Imago (upperside) -
Imago (underside)
Range
[edit]The butterfly is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Nepal and India.[1][3][4]
See also
[edit]- Caleta caleta, a blue butterfly species
- List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
References
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- ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Caleta decidia (Hewitson, 1876)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Inayoshi, Yutaka. "Caleta decidia decidida (Hewitson,[1876])". Butterflies in Indo-China. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
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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.
- ^ 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.
