Lesser Pierrot

Taraka mahanetra

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae

Taraka is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae that inhabit the East Asian Palearctic and Indomalayan realms. It includes the species Taraka hamada, Taraka mahanetra de Nicéville, (Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Thailand) and Taraka shiloi Tamai & Guo, 2001 Sichuan.

Distribution

Lesser Pierrot — (c) Cheongweei Gan, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Cheongweei Gan · CC-BY

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Sources and credits

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