Common Tiger Blue Tarucus Theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)

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49. D ESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE: LYCAENIDAE FAMILY Common Tiger Blue Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793) Closed wings: DESCRIPTION Wingspan: From 2.1 to 2.4 cm. White background with plenty of dark scales on both wings. There is a tail on each wing that looks like an antenna. Its body is white with black stretches.Open wings: It hardly ever opens the wings. Male butterfl ies are blue or violet, with wide dark wings margins. There is a dark spot in the centre of both forewings, although, after having fl own a lot, the colour of the spot fades and becomes brown. Female butterfl ies are brown, although sometimes they show white colour of the outer side of the wings. KEY FOR VISUAL IDENTIFICATION Dark fringe on both wings A lot of black spots False antenna White body with black stripes Black margin Black spot 134 DIURNAL BUTTERFLIES • GR-249 Great Malaga Path D ESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE: LYCAENIDAE FAMILY 49. This species cannot be confused with any other due to its peculiar colour and shapes, except when it rests with open wings, which is not frequent. Several generations fly from February to September. These butterflies live at warm and semiarid places, which are close to the sea and where Common Jujube (Ziziphus spp.) trees and thorny bushes, typical for such semiarid land where they are grown for its fruit, can be found. This species’ butterflies flutter about this kind of plants and their caterpillars feed on them. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec The species has never been spotted along the GMP . Nevertheless, it was seen in Nerja and Maro in the 1980s, so there is a possibility to fi nd some of its isolated populations along the stages that are close to this area have Common Jujube plants. Legend: Great Malaga Path Distribution of the species along the GMP GR-249 Great Malaga Path • DIURNAL BUTTERFLIES 135.

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