Biology:Tarucus kiki

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Tarucus kiki
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Tarucus
Species:
T. kiki
Binomial name
Tarucus kiki
Larsen, 1976[1]

Tarucus kiki, the Kiki's Pierrot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Burkina Faso, northern Ivory Coast and Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

The larvae feed on Ziziphus species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7686895 entry