Biology:Tarucus nara
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Striped Pierrot | |
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| From Delhi, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Tarucus |
| Species: | T. nara
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| Binomial name | |
| Tarucus nara Kollar 1848
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Tarucus nara, the striped Pierrot,[1][2] is a small butterfly found in Sri Lanka and south India[1] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.[2]
Gallery
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Dorsal view (male)
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Image from Adalbert Seitz
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Female on Zizyphus species in Hyderabad, India
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Female in Hyderabad
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Egg
See also
- List of butterflies of India
- List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
References
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tarucus nara. |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing. pp. 134–135. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287980260.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Savela, Markku. "Tarucus nara (Kollar, 1848)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/tarucus/#nara.
Wikidata ☰ Q7686898 entry
