Tarucus legrasi
Species of butterfly
| Tarucus legrasi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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.
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