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Mediterranean Tiger Blue
Tarucus rosaceus
28.4961, 34.5144
Field Notes
Description:
Size: 18-22 mm. Like Tarucus balkanicus but the underside of the hindwing line proximal to spots is broken at the veins;the uperside of the wing of the male is blue with fewer spots; while in the females is hard to separate.
Habitat:
Resident in Egypt; Occurs wherever its food plant occurs; Host plant Zizyphus spina-christi, which is abundant here in Sinai
Notes:
spotted in my desert garden on a Pulicaria incisa bloom
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedAugust 11, 2014
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