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Tarucus balkanicus

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Balkan Pierrot
Museum specimens.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Tarucus
Species:
T. balkanicus
Binomial name
Tarucus balkanicus
(Freyer, 1885)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena balkanica Freyer, 1843
  • Tarucus balkanica var. areshana Bethune-Baker, [1918]
  • Tarucus callinara f. nigra Bethune-Baker, [1918]
  • Tarucus frivaldszkyi Aigner-Abafi, 1906
  • Tarucus clorinda Verity, 1938

The Balkan Pierrot or Little Tiger Blue (Tarucus balkanicus) is a small butterfly that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family. It is found in Mauritania, Niger (the Air region), Sudan (Khartoum), Uganda, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, North Africa, the Balkans, Western Asia, parts of Central Asia and in India. The habitat consists of very arid savanna.[2]

Tarucus balkanicus, Mersin, Turkey.

The larvae feed on Ziziphus species.

Subspecies

  • T. b. balkanicus (Mauritania, Niger: Air region, Sudan, Uganda, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Algeria, south-eastern Europe, Asia Minor, Middle East, Syria, Iran, North Africa)
  • T. b. areshana Bethune-Baker, [1918] (Kopet-Dagh)
  • T. b. alternatus Moore, 1882 (Ghissar, Darvaz)
  • T. b. nigra Bethune-Baker, 1918 - Black-spotted Pierrot

References

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  1. ^ Tarucus, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)

Further reading

  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Moths. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
  • Gaonkar, Harish (1996) Moths of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
  • Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac & Punetha, J.C.(1992) Common Moths of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
  • Haribal, Meena (1994) Moths of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
  • Kunte, Krushnamegh (2005) Moths of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Moths of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

See also


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