Caleta (butterfly)
| Caleta | |
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| Angled Pierrot Caleta caleta in Talakona forest, AP . | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Caleta |
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Wikispecies has information related to: Caleta |
Caleta is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, mainly found in Southeast Asia. The common name Pierrot is used for some species. Caleta was erected by Fruhstorfer in 1922 in Seitz Gross. Schmett. Erde 9: 890.
In his generic classification of the Polyommatini , Hirowatari included 9 species in Caleta:
- Caleta argola (Hewitson), [1876].
- Caleta caleta (Hewitson), [1876].
- Caleta celebensis (Staudinger), 1889.
- Caleta decidia (Hewitson), [1876].
- Caleta elna (Hewitson), [1876].
- Caleta manovus (Fruhstorfer), 1918.
- Caleta mindarus (C. & R. Felder), [1865].
- Caleta rhode (Hopffer), 1871.
- Caleta roxus (Godart), [1824]
Cladistics of Caleta after Hirowatari, 1992
Recorded hostplants include Ziziphus oenoplia (Rhamnaceae)
External links
- Funet Taxonomy
- Images representing Caleta at Bold