Tarucus grammicus

Tarucus grammicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Tarucus
Species: T. grammicus
Binomial name
Tarucus grammicus
(Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaenesthes grammicus Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893
  • Tarucus louisae Sharpe, 1898

Tarucus grammicus, the Dark Pierrot or Black Pierrot, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Yemen, southern Ethiopia, Somalia, eastern and northern Kenya and northern Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

The larvae feed on Ziziphus abysinnica.

References

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