Caleta roxus (Godart, [1824]) - Straight Pierrot

Subspecies in India

(1) Caleta roxus roxus (Godart, [1824]) – Javan Straight Pierrot
(2) Caleta roxus roxana (de Nicéville, 1897) – Indo-Chinese Straight Pierrot
(3) Caleta roxus manluena (C. Felder, 1862) – Nicobar Straight Pierrot
 

Conservation and Special status

This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the WildLife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022.

 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

This species has been recorded so far from Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, and Tripura, within the Indian limits.

 

This is an uncommon species.

 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh314
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram111
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura11
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total311422

Page citation

Aneesha, S., and K. Kunte. 2026. Caleta roxus (Godart, [1824]) – Straight Pierrot. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/index.php/caleta-roxus, accessed 2026/05/24.