COMMON PIERROT Castalius rosimon Small butterfly found in India. Lycaenidae : Blues


The Common Pierrot (Castalius rosimon) is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family. Upperside is mainly white. Forewing has the costa, apex and termen edged with black, the edging much broader on apex and termen; base outwards for a short distance more or less densely overlaid. with metallic blue scales which cover and make indistinct a large basal outwardly clavate black spot; a transverse black oval spot on the discocellulars touching the black edging on the costa


Size: 3403px × 5172px
Location: Vikhroli Mangroves, Mumbai, India.
Photo credit: © Sachin Rai / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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