Tarucus nara

Tarucus nara ♂, ♀ Hyderabad, India.

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 nara

Name

Tarucus nara (Kollar, 1844)

Type locality: India, Mussoorie

Holotype: Not located

Synonymy

• Lycaena nara Kollar, 1844: 421.
• Tarucus alteratus Moore, 1882: 245, pl. 12, fig. 4, 4a. Holotype: ♂ Dharmsala, BMNH
• Tarucus extricatus Butler, 1886: 366, pl. 35, fig. 2. Holotype: ♂ Campbellpore, BMNH
• Tarucus bengalensis Bethune-Baker, [1918]: 281, pl. 14, fig. 8. Holotype: ♂ Bengal, BMNH

References

Primary references

• Kollar, V., 1844–1848. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freihern Carl v. Hügel aur seiner Reise durch Kaschmir. (Lepidoptera). In Hügel, C., Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek Stuttgart, Halbergerische verlagshandlung 4(2): 397–398, 403–496, 22 pls.. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1917. A revision of the genus Tarucus. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 65: 269–296. BHL. Reference page. 
• Butler, A. G., 1886. On Lepidoptera collected by Major Yerbury in Western India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1886(3): 355-394, pl.XXV. 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.) PDF. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1882. List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J. H. Hocking, chiefly in the Kangra district, N. W. Himalayas, with descriptions of new genera and species, Part 1. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882: 234-263, 2 pls. Reference page. 

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Vernacular names

English: Striped Pierrot