Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Tarucus | |
Similar Tarucus rosacea, Tarucus waterstradti, Tarucus sybaris, Tarucus callinara, Tarucus ananda | ||
Tarucus ungemachi, the Ungemach's Pierrot, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Chad, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, northern Uganda and northwestern Kenya. The habitat consists of savanna, including Sudan savanna and Guinea savanna.
Adults typically feed from the flowers of Ziziphus, Tridax and other species.
The larvae feed on Ziziphus abyssinica.
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