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Common Pierrot

Castalius rosimon

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Field Notes

Description:

A small butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the lycaenids, or blues family.
Upperside is mainly white, forewing has the costa, apex and termen edged with black, thorax and abdomen white.

Habitat:

Spotted at Nusa Dua coastal area, Bali is also found at Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Tenasserim, extending into the Malayan Subregion, In the Indonesian archipelago the butterfly occurs in NE Sumatra, East Java, Bali, Bangka, Timor, Wetar, Kissar, Sumbawa and Sulawesi.

Reference Links:

Castalius rosimon - Wikipedia

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PublishedOctober 25, 2016

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