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Tarucus waterstradti

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Tarucus

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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

    • References

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