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Castalius
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Castalius

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.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common Pierrot

speciesCastalius rosimon

Castalius clathratus

speciesCastalius clathratus

Fasciated Pierrot

speciesCastalius fasciatus

Castalius stempfferi

speciesCastalius stempfferi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51568.