Caleta decidia

For the angled Pierrot in Sulawesi, see Caleta caleta.

Angled Pierrot
Scientific 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

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

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
• 
  Larva
• 
  Chrysalis
• 
  Imago (upperside)
• 
  Imago (underside)

Range

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

See also

• Caleta caleta, a blue butterfly species
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Caleta decidia (Hewitson, 1876)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
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. 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. Inayoshi, Yutaka. "Caleta decidia decidida (Hewitson,[1876])". Butterflies in Indo-China. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
5. 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. 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.