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Blue Pierrots
Tarucus
Tarucus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as blue Pierrots or simply Pierrots. The latter name is often used for the closely related genus Castalius. The delimitation of Castalius versus Tarucus is not yet fully resolved, with some species, such as the dark Pierrot (T. ananda), having been moved between the two genera repeatedly. It may even be that they are eventually regarded as synonymous, and in that case the older name Castalius would supersede Tarucus by the Principle of Priority.
Several species formerly in Tarucus were moved to Leptotes, another closely related lineage (though not quite as close as Castalius).
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Little Tiger Blue
speciesTarucus balkanica
Striped Pierrot
speciesTarucus nara
Vivid Pierrot
speciesTarucus thespis
Dotted Blue
speciesTarucus sybaris
Common Tiger Blue
speciesTarucus theophrastus
Mediterranean Pierrot
speciesTarucus rosacea
Dark Pierrot
speciesTarucus ananda
Spotted Pierrot
speciesTarucus callinara
Indian Pierrot
speciesTarucus indica
Veined Pierrot
speciesTarucus venosus
Dark Violet Pierrot
speciesTarucus hazara
Separate Pierrot (Assam Pierrot)
speciesTarucus waterstradti
Bowker's blue
speciesTarucus bowkeri
Dark Pierrot
speciesTarucus grammicus
Tarucus quadratus
speciesTarucus quadratus
Tarucus ungemachi
speciesTarucus ungemachi
Tarucus kulala
speciesTarucus kulala
Tarucus legrasi
speciesTarucus legrasi
Tarucus kiki
speciesTarucus kiki
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 149144.