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Pies
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Pies

Tuxentius

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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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Black Pie

speciesTuxentius melaena

White Pie

speciesTuxentius calice

Margarita’s Pierrot

speciesTuxentius margaritaceus

Savanna Pied Pierrot

speciesTuxentius cretosus

Forest Pied Pierrot

speciesTuxentius carana

Tuxentius ertli

speciesTuxentius ertli

Tuxentius kaffana

speciesTuxentius kaffana

Western Pie

speciesTuxentius hesperis

Tuxentius stempfferi

speciesTuxentius stempfferi

Tuxentius gregorii

speciesTuxentius gregorii

Tuxentius gabrieli

speciesTuxentius gabrieli

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 149152.