Tarucus waterstradti

Updated on Dec 30, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Tarucus

Similar Tarucus callinara, Tarucus sybaris, Tarucus rosacea, Tarucus ananda, Tarucus nara

Tarucus waterstradti is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

The larva is found on Eugenia, (in association with Crematogaster ants)

Subspecies

T. w. waterstradti Borneo

T. w. dharta Bethune-Baker, [1918] Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Thailand

T. w. vileja (Fruhstorfer, 1918) Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya

T. w. simillimus Schröder & Treadaway, 1985

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