Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Tarucus | |
Similar Tarucus waterstradti, Tarucus rosacea, Tarucus sybaris, Tarucus callinara, Tarucus ananda | ||
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. The habitat consists of savanna.
The larvae feed on Ziziphus abysinnica.
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