Tarucus sybaris

Dotted blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Tarucus
Species:	T. sybaris
Binomial name
	Tarucus sybaris; (Hopffer, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
	Lycaena sybaris Hopffer, 1855; Cupido linearis Aurivillius, 1925; Tarucus sybaris f. vreuricki Dufrane, 1954;

Tarucus sybaris, the dotted blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Africa.

The wingspan is 22–26 mm for males and 20–27 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, with a peak from November to March.[2]

The larvae feed on Ziziphus species, including Z. zeyheriana and Z. mucronata.

Tarucus sybaris sybaris in Spioenkop Dam N. R., South Africa

Subspecies

Tarucus sybaris sybaris – South Africa (East Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, eastern Orange Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo Province and North West Province), Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi
Tarucus sybaris linearis (Aurivillius, 1924) – North Cape, western Orange Free State, Namibia, Angola, Botswana

Tarucus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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