Biology:Tarucus legrasi

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Tarucus legrasi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Tarucus
Species:
T. legrasi
Binomial name
Tarucus legrasi
Stempffer, 1948[1]

Tarucus legrasi, the Le Gras' Pierrot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Ivory Coast, Nigeria (north of Kano), Niger (Aïr), northern Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, northern Uganda, north-western Kenya and Somalia.[2] The habitat consists of arid (Sahelian) savanna

The larvae feed on Ziziphus species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7686896 entry