Tarucus ungemachi

Tarucus ungemachi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Tarucus
Species: T. ungemachi
Binomial name
Tarucus ungemachi
Stempffer, 1942[1]

Tarucus ungemachi, Ungemach’s Pierrot, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Chad, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, northern Uganda and northwestern Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of savanna, including Sudan savanna and Guinea savanna.

Adults typically feed from the flowers of Ziziphus, Tridax and other species.

The larvae feed on Ziziphus abyssinica.

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