Tarucus balkanicus

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TaxonavigationEdit

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Allotriocarida
Classis: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Tarucus
Species: Tarucus balkanicus
Sub-Species: T. b. areshana – T. b. balkanicus – T. b. nigra

NameEdit

Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, [1844])

Type locality: Turkey

Holotype: Not located

SynonymyEdit

  • Lycaena balkanicus Freyer, [1844] 5(71): 63, pl. 421, fig. 1,2.
  • Tarucus frivaldskyi Aigner-Abafi, 1906: 515, pl. 14, fig. 4.
  • Tarucus clorinda Verity, [1938]: 8. Syntype, Museo Zoologico de la Specola, Florence.
  • Tarucus balkanicus alternatus [sic] Moore; Savela, Funet.

ReferencesEdit

  • Aigner-Abafi, L. von, 1906. Schmetterlings-Aberrationen aus der Sammlung des Ungarischen National Museums. Annis hist. nat. Mus. natn. hung. 7: 484–531, 23 figs. pl. xiii-xiv.
  • Freyer, C. F., 1831-1858. Neuere Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde mit Abbildungen nach der Natur. Augsburg, Reiger. 4to 7 volumes, 120 parts, 700 col. pls.
  • Hirowatari, T. 1992: A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B), 44(Suppl.)
  • [1] Savela, M. Funet: Polyommatini.
  • Verity, R., 1938-1939. Supplement to the "Butterfly races and Zygaenae of Macedonia". 'Ent. Rec. 50(Sup): 1–16; 51(Sup): 17–20.
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Vernacular namesEdit

English: Little Tiger Pierrot