Subspecies in India
(1) Tarucus balkanica nigra Bethune-Baker, [1918] – Black-spotted Pierrot
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This species has been recorded so far from Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal, within the Indian limits.
This is a common species.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 4 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | ||||||
| Total | 5 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 34 | 26 | 38 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 33 | 25 |
Ziziphus jujuba, Ziziphus nummularia (Rhamnaceae).
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Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Page citation
Aneesha, S., and K. Kunte. 2026. Tarucus balkanica (Freyer, 1844) – Little Tiger Pierrot. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/tarucus-balkanica, accessed 2026/06/04.