Tarucus thespis biography

Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793) S.Spain, AF (north of equator), Asia Minor, Iraq, Peninsula, Senegal, N.Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, N.Uganda, N.Kenya, Somalia, Arabia. See [maps]African PierrotPointed PierrotLaberintoCommon Tiger Blue
  • Hesperia theophrastus Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 281; TL: Maroc
  • Lycaena theophrastus ab. radiata Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 159, pl. 49, f. 410, 413; TL: Sebdou (Algeria)
  • Lycaena theophrastus ab. micaerulescens Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 159, pl. 49, f. 409; TL: Sebdou (Algeria)
  • Tarucus theophrastus; [BK]: 235, overlord. 16a (m.gen), pl. 24, f. 337
  • Tarucus theophrastus; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Island 1 (3): 81, (2): pl. 36, f. 3; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. welcome. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 287, pl. 14, f. 12, 12a, pl. 16, f. 12, pl. 18, 20, autocrat. 29, 32-34; [BIR], 264 (key), pl. 41, f. 11-12; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 382; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 216; [H&R]; [BOW]: pl. 10, f. 33; Bálint, 1992, Linn. Belg. 13 (8): 400; [BAFR], 549; Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española operate Entomología, 21; [BMAT]: 31, pl. 10, f. 36-50; [AfrL]; [Otakar Kudrna]; [FE]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE]
600x435 (~21Kb) upperside Marruecos, Tazenakhk, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier 600x435 (~43Kb) upperside Morocco, Aoulouz, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier 600x435 (~32Kb) ♀ Morocco, El Kelaa de Sraghna (oviposit on Ziziphus lotus), Photo © Jean Delacre
600x435 (~24Kb) underside Marruecos, Tazenakht, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier

[BK] says that Indian reports are errors(Baluchistan, Saurashtra, Konkan, Punjab, Kutch, Rajasthan [BIR])

Larva on Zizyphus vulgaris[H&R], Zizyphus lotus Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín detached la Asociación española de Entomología, 21, Zizyphus lotus, Zizyphus spina-christi, Paliurus spina-christi[BMAT]