Tarucus grammicus

Tarucus grammicus, the dark Pierrot or black Pierrot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Yemen, southern Ethiopia, Somalia, eastern and northern Kenya and northern Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

Tarucus grammicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Tarucus
Species:
T. grammicus
Binomial name
Tarucus grammicus
Synonyms
  • Lycaenesthes grammicus Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893
  • Tarucus louisae Sharpe, 1898

The larvae feed on Ziziphus abysinnica.

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