genus

TarucusMoore, 1881

Blue Pierrots

species
11out of 2642% covered
images
92

Counts cover images whose name resolved to a species accepted by Catalogue of Life, so they can be lower than the totals on the Collections page. Totals and percentages compare them with the accepted families, genera and species Catalogue of Life places in this taxon.

Species in this genus

Morphospace

Variation in species coloration mapped onto the latent space. Each species is represented by two points, one for its dorsal side and one for its ventral side. The farther apart the dorsal and ventral points are, the more different the two sides are in coloration.

Classification

  • genusTarucus11 species92 images
    • speciesTarucus alteratusMoore, 1882
    • speciesTarucus balkanica(Freyer, 1844)32 images
    • speciesTarucus bengalensisBethune-Baker, 1917
    • speciesTarucus bowkeri(Trimen, 1883)4 images
    • speciesTarucus callinara(Butler, 1886)6 images
    • speciesTarucus clathratus(Holland, 1891)
    • speciesTarucus dharta(Bethune-Baker, 1918)
    • speciesTarucus extricatus(Butler, 1886)
    • speciesTarucus fluvialis(Grose-Smith, 1895)
    • speciesTarucus frivaldszkyi(Aigner-Abafi, 1907)
    • speciesTarucus grammicus(Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)2 images
    • speciesTarucus kikiLarsen, 1976
    • speciesTarucus kulalaEvans, 1955
    • speciesTarucus legrasiStempffer, 1948
    • speciesTarucus leopardusSchultze, 1910
    • speciesTarucus nara4 images
    • speciesTarucus nyseus
    • speciesTarucus quadratusOglivie-Grant, 1899
    • speciesTarucus rosaceaAustaut, 18852 images
    • speciesTarucus sybaris(Hopffer, 1855)12 images
    • speciesTarucus theophrastus(Fabricius, 1793)10 images
    • speciesTarucus thespis(Linnaeus, 1764)8 images
    • speciesTarucus ubaldus(Godart, 1823)
    • speciesTarucus ungemachiStempffer, 1944
    • speciesTarucus venosusMoore, 18829 images
    • speciesTarucus waterstradtiDruce, 18953 images

Linked species have records in the collection. Species in grey are in the Catalogue of Life classification but have no images here yet.

Source: Catalogue of Life (v2026-08-26 XR)