Caleta (butterfly)

Caleta
Angled Pierrot Caleta caleta in Talakona forest, AP .
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Caleta
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:

Cladistics of Caleta after Hirowatari, 1992

Recorded hostplants include Ziziphus oenoplia (Rhamnaceae)

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