Caleta decidia
Species of butterfly
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Caleta |
| Species: | C. decidia |
| Binomial name | |
| Caleta decidia (Hewitson, 1876) | |
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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]
- Life cycle
Larva
Chrysalis
Imago (upperside)
Imago (underside)
Range
See also
- Caleta caleta, a blue butterfly species
- List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
