Tarucus theophrastus

"Pointed Pierrot" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Niphanda cymbia.

Pointed Pierrot
Museum specimens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Tarucus
Species:
T. theophrastus
Binomial name
Tarucus theophrastus
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms

Hesperia theophrastus Fabricius, 1793

Tarucus theophrastus, the common tiger blue, pointed Pierrot or African Pierrot, is a small butterfly found in the Old World tropics. It belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

This is the type species of the genus Tarucus.

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