Caleta elna

Caleta elna elvira, ♂ Brunei

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Caleta
Species: Caleta elna
Subspecies: (4)
C. e. elna – C. e. elvira – C. e. epeus – C. e. noliteia

Name

Caleta elna (Hewitson, 1876).

Type locality: Indonesia, Java.

Holotype: BMNH Hewitson coll.

Synonymy

• Lycaena elna Hewitson, 1876: text, pl. 1, fig. 8.
• Castalius elna elina Fruhstorfer, 1918: 37 [infra-subspecific form name], India, Sikkim. See: Cassidy, 2013: 140.
• Caleta elna (Hewitson); Hirowatari, 1992: 40; 1993: 772.

References

• Cassidy, A.C., 2013. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia (Lepidoptera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 34(3): 137–144, 63 figs. web Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1918. Revision der Gattung Castalius auf Grund der Morphologie der Generationsorgane. Tijdschr. Ent. 61: 17–44, pls. 4, 5. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1852–1877. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the collections of Saunders & Hewitson. London, van Voorst. 5 volumes. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. Reference page. 
• Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B) 44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page. 
• Hirowatari, T., 1993. Biogeography of the Genus Caleta Fruhstorfer (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Jpn. J. Ent. 61(4): 771-782, 21 figs. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

বাংলা: বাঁকি তিলাইয়া
English: Elbowed Pierrot
中文: 散紋拓灰蝶

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