Subspecies in India
(1) Tarucus balkanica nigra Bethune-Baker, [1918] – Black-spotted Pierrot
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 4 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | ||||||
| Total | 5 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 34 | 26 | 37 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 33 | 25 |
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.
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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.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Tarucus balkanica (Freyer, 1844) – Little Tiger Pierrot. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/tarucus-balkanica, accessed 2025/10/28.