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Tuxentius
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Tuxentius is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as pied Pierrots or pies. Contained in this genus are the African species formerly placed in Castalius, except the blue-eyed Pierrot (sometimes called blue pied Pierrot) which is separated in Zintha.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tuxentius is referenced by 15 other articles, and connects out to Africa, Animalia and insect.
It is catalogued under topics including Lycaenidae genera and Polyommatini.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 31
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Collections
- YPM, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV), SAM, NHMUK, USNM
- Recorded in
- Kenya, Eritrea, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana
Wikidata facts
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- Tuxentius carana (Hewitson).jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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Tuxentius is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as pied Pierrots or pies. Contained in this genus are the African species formerly placed in Castalius, except the blue-eyed Pierrot (sometimes called blue pied Pierrot) which is separated in Zintha.
==Species== The members of genus Tuxentius are: Tuxentius calice (Hopffer, 1855) – white Pierrot Tuxentius carana (Hewitson, 1876) – forest pied Pierrot Tuxentius cretosus (Butler, 1876) – savanna pied Pierrot Tuxentius ertli (Aurivillius, 1907) – Ertli's Pierrot Tuxentius gabrieli Balint, 1999 – Gabriel's Pierrot Tuxentius hesperis (Vári, 1976) – western pie Tuxentius kaffana (Talbot, 1935) Tuxentius margaritaceus (Sharpe, 1892) – mountain pied Pierrot Tuxentius melaena (Trimen, 1887) – dark pied Pierrot Tuxentius stempfferi (Kielland, 1976) – Stempffer's Pierrot
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