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

Footnotes

References

• Brower, Andrew V.Z. (2008): Tree of Life Web Project . Version of 2008-MAY-19. Retrieved 2009-NOV-29.

• Savela, Markku (2007): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms . Version of 2007-MAY-20. Retrieved 2009-NOV-29.

• Seitz, A.