Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini > Tarucus
Tarucus balkanica (Freyer, 1844) – Little Tiger Pierrot
Subspecies in India:
(1) Tarucus balkanica nigra Bethune-Baker, [1918] – Black-spotted Pierrot
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- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- References
Tarucus balkanica nigra – Black-spotted Pierrot
Behavioural images
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Ziziphus jujuba (Churi et al. 2018), Ziziphus nummularia (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017) (Rhamnaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
References:
Ankita Gupta, P. V. Churi, A. Sengupta & S. Mhatre 2014. Lycaenidae parasitoids from peninsular India with description of four new species of microgastrine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) along with new insights on host relationships. Zootaxa 3827 (4): 439–470.
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini > Tarucus
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Churi, P., A. Soman & A. Sengupta. 2021. Tarucus balkanica (Freyer, 1844) – Little Tiger Pierrot. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.15. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/1127/Tarucus-balkanica
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