Tuxentius

Tuxentius
	T. calice (left) and T. melaena (right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Tribe:	Polyommatini
Genus:	Tuxentius; Larsen, 1982
Diversity
	11 species

Tuxentius is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as pied Pierrots or pies. Contained in this genus are the African species formerly placed in Castalius, except the blue-eyed Pierrot (sometimes called blue pied Pierrot) which is separated in Zintha.[1]

Species

The members of genus Tuxentius are:[1]

Tuxentius calice (Hopffer, 1855) – white Pierrot
Tuxentius carana (Hewitson, 1876) – forest pied Pierrot
Tuxentius cretosus (Butler, 1876) – savanna pied Pierrot
Tuxentius ertli (Aurivillius, 1907) – Ertli's Pierrot
Tuxentius gabrieli Balint, 1999 – Gabriel's Pierrot
Tuxentius hesperis (Vári, 1976) – western pie
Tuxentius kaffana (Talbot, 1935)
Tuxentius margaritaceus (Sharpe, 1892) – mountain pied Pierrot
Tuxentius melaena (Trimen, 1887) – dark pied Pierrot
Tuxentius stempfferi (Kielland, 1976) – Stempffer's Pierrot

Footnotes

Brower (2008), and see references in Savela (2007)

gollark: Oh, sorry.

gollark: https://dragcave.net/view/Gi2j3

gollark: Do be sure to give it clicks for a boost.

gollark: Needs more UVs.

gollark: 10 seconds to AR!

References

Brower, Andrew V.Z. (2008): Tree of Life Web Project – Tuxentius Larsen 1982. The Pied Pierrots. Version of 2008-MAY-19. Retrieved 2009-NOV-29.
Savela, Markku (2007): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Tuxentius. Version of 2007-MAY-20. Retrieved 2009-NOV-29.
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 73

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[bs0708-1] Brower (2008), and see references in Savela (2007)