Tuxentius cretosus

Tuxentius cretosus, the savanna pied Pierrot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and Kenya.^[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna and Guinea savanna.

The larval host plant also serves as the nectar source for the adults. Adult males mud-puddle.

The larvae feed on Ziziphus jujuba. They feed on the underside of the leaves of the host plant, eating only the outer cortex and never through the leaf.

Subspecies

• Tuxentius cretosus cretosus (Ethiopia, coast of Kenya)
• Tuxentius cretosus lactinatus (Butler, 1886) (Somalia)
• Tuxentius cretosus nodieri (Oberthür, 1883) (Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, Mali, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon)
• Tuxentius cretosus usemia (Neave, 1904) (Uganda, northern and western Kenya)

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