Castalius is a butterflygenus in the familyLycaenidae. They are commonly known as Pierrots. This name is also often used for the very closely related genus Tarucus.
In fact, the delimitation of Castalius versus Tarucus is not yet fully resolved, with some species, such as the dark Pierrot (T. ananda), having been moved between the two genera repeatedly. Regardless of how this may turn out, the African species formerly placed in Castalius are now in Tuxentius (pied Pierrots) and Zintha (blue-eyed Pierrot), which are also very close relatives (in particular the former).
Only four species are placed in Castalius nowadays. But as noted above, it may be that Tarucus and the present genus are eventually regarded as synonymous. In that case, the older name Castalius would again apply to the two dozen species in question.[1]
castalius, butterfly, genus, family, lycaenidae, they, commonly, known, pierrots, this, name, also, often, used, very, closely, related, genus, tarucus, common, pierrot, rosimon, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodacla. Castalius is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae They are commonly known as Pierrots This name is also often used for the very closely related genus Tarucus CastaliusCommon pierrot Castalius rosimon Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily LycaenidaeSubfamily PolyommatinaeTribe PolyommatiniGenus CastaliusHubner 1819Type speciesPapilio rosimonFabricius 1775DiversityFour species but see text In fact the delimitation of Castalius versus Tarucus is not yet fully resolved with some species such as the dark Pierrot T ananda having been moved between the two genera repeatedly Regardless of how this may turn out the African species formerly placed in Castalius are now in Tuxentius pied Pierrots and Zintha blue eyed Pierrot which are also very close relatives in particular the former Contents 1 Species 2 Footnotes 3 References 4 External linksSpecies editOnly four species are placed in Castalius nowadays But as noted above it may be that Tarucus and the present genus are eventually regarded as synonymous In that case the older name Castalius would again apply to the two dozen species in question 1 Castalius clathratus Holland 1891 Celebes Castalius fasciatus Rober 1887 Celebes Castalius fluvialis Grose Smith 1895 Celebes Castalius rosimon Fabricius 1775 common PierrotFootnotes edit Brower 2008 and see references in Savela 2009 References editBrower Andrew V Z 2008 Tree of Life Web Project Castalius Hubner 1819 Pierrots Version of 19 May 2008 Retrieved 29 November 2009 Savela Markku 2009 Markku Savela s Lepidoptera and some other life forms Castalius Version of 30 March 2009 Retrieved 29 November 2009 External links edit nbsp Wikispecies has information related to species and subspecies nbsp Media related to Castalius at Wikimedia Commons This Polyommatini related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Castalius amp oldid 1194213862, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
