Tarucus nara (Kollar, 1848)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1010

Tarucus nara (Kollar, 1848)

Striped Pierrot

Figure 7H

Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-04, T-05, T-06, T-07, T-08, T-09, T-10 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, suburban areas, industrial zone, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with surrounding wetland plants.

Identification. Hindwings with tail; underside wing white with prominent black streak in under forewing cell, and black marks elongated into streaks rather than rounded spots. Males dull violet-blue on upperside, with a cell spot but no other discal spots on upper forewings; females dull brown on upperside.