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 kulala, the Turkana Pierrot, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Somalia (Ogaden) and northern Kenya.
Adults have been recorded feeding from the flowers of Loewia tanaensis.
The larvae probably feed on Ziziphus species.
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