Description

• Common Name : Elbowed Pierrot
• Scientific Name : Caleta elna (Fruhstorfer)
• Family : LYCAENIDAE
• Wingspan : 30-34mm
• Colour : Black and white butterfly; Upperside dark blackish, under forewing basal markings consist of a single band.
• Habit : Commonly found inside the thick forest of Buxa Tiger Reserve; visits damp patches, droppings and flowers of Compositae.
• Larval Host Plants : Zizyphus rugosa
• Location : Throughout West Bengal

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