Tarucus grammicus
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Tarucus |
Species: | T. grammicus
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Binomial name | |
Tarucus grammicus | |
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Tarucus grammicus, the dark Pierrot or black Pierrot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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 .
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tarucus grammicus. |
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Wikispecies has information related to Tarucus grammicus. |
- ^ Tarucus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1893
- Tarucus
- Butterflies of Africa
- Polyommatini stubs