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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

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. The habitat consists of arid (Sahelian) savanna

The larvae feed on Ziziphus species.

References

1. Tarucus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)

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• Butterflies described in 1948
• Tarucus
• Butterflies of Africa
• Taxa named by Henri Stempffer
• Polyommatini stubs