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Caleta Fruhstorfer, 1922
Caleta Fruhstorfer, 1922; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 890, TS: Lycaena caleta Hewitson
Pycnophallium Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4) : 228, TS: Polyommatus roxus Godart
Pycnophallium (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 444
Caleta (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 444; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 147

Caleta roxus (Godart, [1824])
Assam, Burma, New Guinea. See [About maps] Straight Pierrot
Polyommatus roxus Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (2): 607, 659, no. 142
Castalius roxus ; [BIR, 261]; [BOW: pl. 175, f. 1]
Caleta roxus ; [MRS, 669]

Larva on Zizyphus spp., Zirugose [MRS]

W.Java, Kangean Caleta roxus roxus ; [BOR, 648 (name)]
C. r. roxana (de Nicéville, 1897)
Burma, Thailand - Indo China, Yunnan Castalius roxus roxana de Nicéville, 1897; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (4): 633
Caleta roxus roxana, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Caleta roxus roxana ; [BOR, 648]; [MRS, 669]
C. r. pothus (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
Langkawi, Peninsular Malaya Castalius roxus pothus Fruhstorfer, 1918; Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2) : 34, TL: Sumatra; Peninsular Malaya
Caleta roxus pothus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Caleta roxus pothus ; [BOR, 648 (name)]; [BMP: 235, pl. 34, f. 29-30]
[pothus-1v.jpg] 792x723 (~188Kb) underside Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, the lower reaches of Bang Pae brook. 19th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

C. r. rhodoides Eliot, 1992
Pulau Tioman Caleta roxus rhodoides Eliot, 1992; in Corbet & Pendlebury, Butterflies Malay Peninsula (4th edn): 436, TL: Malaysia, Pulau Tioman
Pemanggil Caleta roxus pemanggilensis Eliot, 1978; in Corbet & Pendlebury, Butterflies Malay Peninsula (3rd edn): 416, TL: Malaysia, P. Pemanggil
Caleta roxus pemanggilensis ; [BOR, 648 (name)]
C. r. mauluena (Felder, 1862)
Nicobars, ?Andamans mauluena (Felder, 1862) (Lycaena); Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 12 (1/2) : 484
Caleta roxus manluena[sic?] ; [BOR, 648 (name)]
C. r. manovus (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
Borneo Castalius roxus manovus Fruhstorfer, 1918; Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2) : 34, TL: N.Borneo, Kina Balu
Caleta roxus manovus ; [BOR, 648 (name)]
Caleta manovus ;
C. r. astapus (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
E.Java, Bali Castalius roxus astapus Fruhstorfer, 1918; Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2) : 35, TL: E.Java
Caleta roxus astapus ; [BOR, 648 (name)]
C. r. odon (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
Sumba, Flores Castalius roxus odon Fruhstorfer, 1918; Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2) : 35, TL: Lombok; Sumba; Sumbawa; Flores; Bali
Caleta roxus odon ; [BOR, 648 (name)]
C. r. xisana (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
Sumbawa Castalius roxus f. xisana Fruhstorfer, 1918; Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2) : 35
Caleta roxus xisana ; [BOR, 648 (name)]
C. r. afranius (Fruhstorfer, 1922)
C.Sulawesi, ?N.Sulawesi roxus afranius (Fruhstorfer, 1922) (Castalius); in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 889
Caleta roxus afranius ; [BOR, 648 (name)]
C. r. angustior (Staudinger, 1889)
Palawan - Luzon Lycaena (Castalius) roxus var. angustior Staudinger, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1) : 95, TL: Palawan
Caleta roxus angustior ; [BOR, 648 (name)]
C. r. cohaerens (Staudinger, 1889)
Timor, Wetar Lycaena (Castalius) roxus var. cohaerens Staudinger, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1) : 96, TL: Timor; Wetter
Caleta roxus cohaerens ; [BAUR, 378]

Caleta rhode (Hopffer, 1874)
Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Buru. See [About maps] Lycaena rhode Hopffer, 1874; Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (1-3) : 27 (Celebes)
Caleta roxus rhode ; [BOR, 648 (name)]
Caleta rhode ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 147
Sulawesi, Banggai Caleta rhode rhode ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 147
Talaud Caleta rhode sp. ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 148

Caleta celebensis (Staudinger, 1889)
S.Sulawesi, C.Sulawesi. See [About maps] Lycaena (Castalius) roxus var. celebensis Staudinger, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1) : 96, TL: Celebes
Caleta roxus celebensis ; [BOR, 648 (name)]
Caleta celebensis ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 147

Caleta elna (Hewitson, 1876)
Orissa, Sikkim - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Elbowed Pierrot
Lycaena elna Hewitson, 1876; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Lycaena): [70], pl. [35], f. 8, TL: Java
Castalius elna ; [BIR, 261]; [BOW: pl. 175, f. 1 (text)]
Caleta elna ; [MRS, 669]
C. e. noliteia (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
Burma, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, S.Yunnan Castalius elna noliteia Fruhstorfer, 1918; Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2) : 37, TL: E.India
Castalius elna f. elina Fruhstorfer, 1918; Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2) : 37
Caleta elna noliteia, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Caleta elna noliteia ; [MRS, 669]
C. e. elvira (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Karimata, Sumatra, Bangka, Palawan Castalius elna elvira Fruhstorfer, 1918; Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2) : 37
Castalius hondai Hayashi, 1976; Tyô to Ga 27 (1): 13, TL: Palawan
Caleta elna elvira, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Caleta elna elvira ; [BMP: 235, pl. 34, f. 27-28]

Larva on Ziziphus oenoplia [BMP]

C. e. hilina (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
Nias Castalius elna hilina Fruhstorfer, 1918; Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2) : 38, TL: Nias
C. e. rhodana (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
S.Celebes Castalius elna rhodana Fruhstorfer, 1918; Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2) : 39, TL: S.Celebes, Samanga; Lompa Battan
C. e. epeus (Corbet, 1938)
Castalius epeus Corbet, 1938; J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18 (2): 249

Caleta decidia (Hewitson, 1876)
Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam. See [About maps] Angled Pierrot
Lycaena decidia Hewitson, 1876; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Lycaena): [69], pl. [35], f. 4, TL: Ceylon
?Castalius interruptus de Nicéville, [1884]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4) : 74, pl. 1, f. 12 ♀, TL: Khurda, Orissa; Bholahat, Malda; Sikkim
?Castalius interruptus Moore, [1884]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4) : 523, pl. 48, f. 4, TL: Bombay
Caleta decidia, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Caleta decidia decidia ; [BOR, 649, f.]
Caleta decidia decidia f. interruptus ; [BOR, 649, f.]

Caleta caleta (Hewitson, 1876)
S.Philippines, Sulawesi, Banggai. See [About maps] Angled Pierrot
Lycaena caleta Hewitson, 1876; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Lycaena): [69], pl. [35], f. 1, TL: Celebes
Castalius caleta ; [BIR, 259]; [BOW: pl. 174, f. 48]
Caleta caleta ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 147
[caleta-1v.jpg] 600x400 (~39Kb) underside India: Melghat, 6.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

Larva on Ziziphus Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 147


Sulawesi Caleta caleta caleta ; [BOR, 648 (name)]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 147
C. c. kalawara (Ribbe, 1926)
Sulawesi caleta kalawara (Ribbe, 1926) (Castalius); Ent. Mitt. 15 : 85
Caleta caleta kalawara ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 147

Caleta argola (Hewitson, 1876)
Basilan, Mindanao. See [About maps] Lycaena argola Hewitson, 1876; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Lycaena): [70], pl. [35], f. 7, TL: Philippine Islands
Caleta caleta argola ; [BOR, 648]
C. a. gerasa (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
Camiguin de Mindanao Castalius caleta gerasa Fruhstorfer, 1918; Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2) : 42
Caleta caleta gerasa ; [BOR, 648 (name)]

Caleta mindarus (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
-. See [About maps] Lycaena mindarus C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 268
Castalius mindarus ; [BOW. pl. 174]
West Irian - Papua Caleta mindarus mindarus ; [BAUR, 378]
C. m. vocetius (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
New Britain Castalius mindarus vocetius Fruhstorfer, 1918; Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2) : 40
Caleta mindarus vocetius ; [BAUR, 378 (text)]


Unknown or unplaced taxa

Thysonotis olga Grose-Smith, 1898; Novit. Zool. 5 (1) : 106, TL: Kapaur, New Guinea


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAUR]
D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
[BIR]
Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
[BMP]
Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2
[BOR]
D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[Kedar Tokekar]
India
[LAMAS-2005]
Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[MRS]
Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
[Oleg Kosterin]
Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM


Some related literature:
Corbet, 1938
Observations on certain Species of Rhopalocera from the Malay Peninsula J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18 (2): 242-262
Eliot in Corbet & Pendlebury, 1978
The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Third Edition revised by J. N. Eliot Butterflies Malay Peninsula (3rd edn): 578pp, 55pls
Eliot in Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992
The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Fourth Edition revised by J. N. Eliot with plates by Bernard D'Abrera Butterflies Malay Peninsula (4th edn): 595pp, pl. 1-69
de Nicéville, [1884]
On new and little known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4) : 65-91, pl. 1, 9-10
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6
Felder, 1862
Verzeichniss der von den Naturforschern der k. k. Fregatte Novara gesammelten Macropepidoteren Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 12 (1/2) : 473-496
C. & R. Felder, [1865]
Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]), (2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865), (3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867), (4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) , (5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Vers.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Fruhstorfer, 1918
Revision der Gattung Castalius auf Grund der Morphologie der Generationsorgane Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2) : 17-44, pl. 4-5 (15 July)
Fruhstorfer, 1922
Gattungen (8-19): Parelodina - Niphanda in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 856 (14 February 1921), : 857-864 (5 January 1922), : 865-872 (21 January, 1922), : 873-880 (15 April 1922), : 881-888 (18 April 1922), : 889-896 (16 May 1922), : 897-901 (16 March 1923)
Godart, [1824]
in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie. 9 Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 3-328 (1819), (2): 329-828 ([1824])
Grose-Smith, 1898
Descriptions of new species of Oriental butterflies Novit. Zool. 5 (1) : 103-110
Hewitson, 1876
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [5] : (Systematic Index) V, (Anteros): [1-2], pl. [1] (1867), (Erycina & Necyria): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870), (Erycina Symmachia &c): [5-6], pl. [3] (1875), (Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7-8], pl. [4] (1872), (Calydna): [9-10], pl. [5] (1854), (Calydna II): [11-12], pl. [6] (1859), (Theope): [13-14], pl. [7] (1860), (Symmachia): [15-16], pl. [8] (1867), (Symmachia & Charis II): [17-18], pl. [9] (1871), (Charis): [19-20], pl. [10] (1866), (Emesis): [21-22], pl. [11] (1872), (Nymphidium I): [23-24], pl. [12] (1853), (Nymphidium II-III): [25-28], pl. [13-14] (1865), (Nymphidium IV): [29-30], pl. [15] (1871), (Lemonias I): [31-32], pl. [16] (1853), (Lemonias II): [33-34], pl. [17] (1858), (Lemonias III-IV): [35-38], pl. [18-19] (1863), (Lemonias V): [39-40], pl. [20] (1872), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [41-42], pl. [21] (1875), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [43-44], pl. [22] (1874), (Pachythone & Cremna): [45-46], pl. [23] (1873), (Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47-48], pl. [24] (1870), (Limnas I-II): [49-52], pl. [25-26] (1853), (Limnas & Panara): [53-54], pl. [27] (1875), (Limnas &c): [55-56], pl. [28] (1876), (Limnas & Ithomeis): [57-58], pl. [29] (1870), (Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59-60], pl. [30] (1871), (Hermathena &c): [61-62], pl. [31] (1875), (Ogyris): [63-64], pl. [32] (1853), (Pentila & Liptena): [65-66], pl. [33] (1866), (Pentila & Liptena II): [67-68], pl. [34] (1873), (Lycaena): [69-70], pl. [35] (1876), (Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71-74], pl. [36-37] (1857), (Pyrrhopyga): [75-76], pl. [38] (1869), (Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77-80], pl. [39-40] (1871), (Pyrrhopyga IV): [81-82], pl. [41] (1873), (Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83-84], pl. [42] (1875), (Ismene I-II): [85-88], pl. [43-44] (1867), (Eudamus): [89-90], pl. [45] (1873), (Eudamus II-III): [91-94], pl. [46-47] (1875), (Chaetocneme): [95-96], pl. [48] (1874), (Hesperia I-II): [97-100], pl. [49-50] (1867), (Hesperia III): [101-102], pl. [51] (1868), (Hesperia IV): [103-104], pl. [52] (1869), (Hesperia V): [105-106], pl. [53] (1872), (Hesperia V*-VI): [107-110], pl. [54-55] (1873), (Hesperia VII): [111-112], pl. [56] (1876), (Leucochitonea): [113-114], pl. [57] (1869), (Leucochitonea II): [115-116], pl. [58] (1875), (Pterygospidea): [117-118], pl. [59] (1873), (Cyclopides): [119-120], pl. [60] (1874), (Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121-122], pl. [61] (1874)
Hopffer, 1874
Beitrag zur Lepidoptera-Fauna von Celebes Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (1-3) : 17-47
Moore, [1884]
Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4) : 521-535, pl. 48-49
Ribbe, 1926
Neue Lycaenenformen hauptsächlich von Celebes Ent. Mitt. 15 : 78-91
Staudinger, 1889
Lepidoptera der Insel Palawan Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1) : 3-180, pl. 1-2
Toxopeus, 1929
De Riodinidae en Lycaenidae van het eiland Java.(Lycaenidae Australasiae VI) Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4) : 215-244
Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003
The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16


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