Tuxentius

Tuxentius
Fig. 6. Tuxentius carana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Tuxentius
Larsen, 1982
Diversity
11 species

Tuxentius is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as pied pierrots or pies. Contained in this genus are the African species formerly placed in Castalius, except the Blue-eyed Pierrot (sometimes called Blue Pied Pierrot) which is separated in Zintha.[1]

Data related to Tuxentius at Wikispecies

Species

The members of genus Tuxentius are:[1]

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Brower (2008), and see references in Savela (2007)

References