Tuxentius cretosus
Tuxentius cretosus, the savanna pied Pierrot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna and Guinea savanna.
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Tuxentius |
Species: | T. cretosus |
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The larval host plant also serves as the nectar source for the adults. Adult males mud-puddle.
The larvae feed on Ziziphus jujuba. They feed on the underside of the leaves of the host plant, eating only the outer cortex and never through the leaf.
Subspecies
- Tuxentius cretosus cretosus (Ethiopia, coast of Kenya)
- Tuxentius cretosus lactinatus (Butler, 1886) (Somalia)
- Tuxentius cretosus nodieri (Oberthür, 1883) (Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, Mali, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon)
- Tuxentius cretosus usemia (Neave, 1904) (Uganda, northern and western Kenya)
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References
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Wikispecies has information related to Tuxentius cretosus |
- Tuxentius at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
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