Castalius rosimon (Fabricius, 1775)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1008-1009

Castalius rosimon (Fabricius, 1775)

Common Pierrot

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Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch dis- trict, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-04, T-05, T-06, T-07, T-08, T-09, T-10 ( Table 1); agricul- tural hedges or barren/discarded lands, suburban areas,

industrial zone, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with surrounding wetland plants.

Identification. White-tipped black-tailed hindwings; un- derside marked with black spots and streaks on white; under forewing with square black spots; metallic green spot at tornus in underside hindwing; white upperside with dark borders and black spots along with metallic blue scales in basal area.