| Caleta | |
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| Angled Pierrot ( Caleta decidia ) in Talakona forest, Andhra Pradesh, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Caleta Fruhstorfer, 1922 |
Caleta is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, mainly found in Southeast Asia. The common name Pierrot is used for some species.
In his generic classification of the Polyommatini, Toshiya Hirowatari included nine species in Caleta:
Recorded host plants include Ziziphus oenoplia (Rhamnaceae).
The genus Caleta was erected by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1922 in Adalbert Seitz's Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World).
Another genus-level name, Pycnophallium, was erected by the Dutch lepidopterist Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus in 1929. He included two Oriental species under this name: Pycnophallium roxus Godart and Pycnophallium elna Hewitson. These species had previously been treated as species in the genera Lycaena or Castalius until Hans Fruhstorfer erected Caleta in 1922. Although Caleta in the wide sense has not been fully revised since Fruhstorfer erected it, Hirowatari, 1992, [1] made an authoritative classification of Oriental polyommatine genera. Hirowatari did not recognise Pycnophallium as a valid genus, but retained nine species, including roxus and elna in Caleta.
Caleta elna, the elbowed Pierrot, is a small butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Jamides, commonly called ceruleans, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm, the Palearctic realm and the Australasian realm.
Poritia is a genus of lycaenid butterflies. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Indomalaya ecozone. Poritia was erected by Frederic Moore in 1887.
Anthene is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, commonly called the ciliate blues or hairtails. The genus was erected by Edward Doubleday in 1847.
Drupadia is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as posies. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Indomalaya ecozone.
Erysichton is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.
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Hypolycaena is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. Hypolycaena species are found in the Australasian, Indomalayan and Afrotropical realms.
Psychonotis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian ecozone.
Sahulana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing only the species Sahulana scintillata, which is found in Torres Strait Island and New South Wales. Larval food plants include Acacia, Alectryon, Cupaniopsis.
Tajuria is an Indomalayan genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Tartesa is an Australasian realm genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Thaumaina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing the single species Thaumaina uranothauma.
Jameela is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
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Jamides virgulatus is a butterfly of the lycaenids or blues family. It is found on Borneo and Palawan.
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