Tarucus balkanicus

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Taxonavigation

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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

Name

Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer, [1844]) [Nb: balkanica per original spelling]

Type locality: Turkey

Typus: ?. Not located

Synonymy

• Lycaena balkanica Freyer, [1844] 5(71): 63, pl. 421, fig. 1,2.
• Lampides balcanica (Freyer) Aigner-Abafi, 1907: 515 (subsequent incorrect spelling).
• Tarucus balkanicus (Freyer); e.g. Basu et al. 2009: 90.
• Lampides ab. frivaldskyi Aigner-Abafi, 1907: 515.
  • Type locality:
    • Typus: ?.
• Tarucus balkanica clorinda Verity, [1938]: 8.
  • Type locality:
    • Typus: Syntype, Museo Zoologico de la Specola, Florence.
• Tarucus balkanicus alternatus [sic] Moore [etc].

References

Primary references

• Freyer, C. F., 1831-1858. Neuere Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde mit Abbildungen nach der Natur. Augsburg, Reiger. 4to 7 volumes, 120 parts, 700 col. pls.PDF

Additional references

• Aigner-Abafi, L. von, 1907 (or 1906). Schmetterlings-Aberrationen aus der Sammlung des Ungarischen National Museums. Annis hist. nat. Mus. natn. hung. 7: 484–531, 23 figs. pl. xiii-xiv.
• Basu, D.N., Churi, P., Soman, A., Sengupta, A., Bhakare, M., Lokhande, S., Bhoite, S., Huertas, B. & Kunte, K. 2019. The genus Tarucus Moore, [1881] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in the Indian Subcontinent. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 29(2): 87-110. Online. Reference page. 
• 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.)
• Verity, R., 1938-1939. Supplement to the "Butterfly races and Zygaenae of Macedonia". 'Ent. Rec. 50(Sup): 1–16; 51(Sup): 17–20.

Links

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Vernacular names

বাংলা: লিটিল টাইগার পিয়েরট
English: Little Tiger Pierrot