Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini > Tarucus
Tarucus ananda (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Dark Pierrot
Subspecies in India:
No subspecies are listed under this species.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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- Status, Habitat and Habits
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Tarucus ananda – Dark Pierrot
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Dendrophthoe falcata (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Loranthus (Davidson et al. 1896; Bell 1918c; Robinson et al. 2010) (Loranthaceae). Ziziphus oenopolia (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Ziziphus xylopyrus (Davidson et al. 1896; Bell 1918c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (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.
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:
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.References:
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini > Tarucus
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Churi, P. 2021. Tarucus ananda (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Dark 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/664/Tarucus-ananda
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