| Balkan Pierrot | |
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| 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) |
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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 North Africa, Balkans, Western Asia, parts of Central Asia and in India.
A notable subspecies is the Black-spotted Pierrot, T. b. nigra.