Dračac[2] (lat. Tarucus balkanicus) vrsta je dnevnog leptira iz porodice plavaca (lat. Lycaenidae).

Tarucus balkanicus
Naučna klasifikacija uredi
Domen: Eukaryota
Carstvo: Animalia
Tip: Arthropoda
Klasa: Insecta
Red: Lepidoptera
Porodica: Lycaenidae
Rod: Tarucus
Vrsta:
T. balkanicus
Binomno ime
Tarucus balkanicus
(Freyer, 1885)[1]
Sinonimi
  • Lycaena balkanica Freyer, 1843
  • Tarucus balkanica var. areshana Bethune-Baker, [1918]
  • Tarucus callinara f. nigra Bethune-Baker, [1918]
  • Tarucus frivaldszkyi Aigner-Abafi, 1906
  • Tarucus clorinda Verity, 1938

Rasprostranjenost

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Leptir u Evropi naseljava samo Balkansko poluostrvo i Kipar. Nije zabeležen u Sloveniji ni na grčkim ostrvima.[3]

Rasprostranjenost u Srbiji

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Vrsta je u Srbiji nađena tek 2021, na samom jugu zemlje.[2][4]

Ishrana

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Gusenica se hrani listovima drače (Paliurus spina-christi).[2]

Galerija

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Vidi još

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Reference

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  1. ^ Tarucus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. ^ a b v Alciphron — vrsta Tarucus balkanicus
  3. ^ „PESI portal - Tarucus balkanica (Freyer, 1844)”. www.eu-nomen.eu. Pristupljeno 2021-09-28. 
  4. ^ Tot, Ivan; et al. „LITTLE TIGER BLUE, TARUCUS BALKANICUS (FREYER, 1845) - A NEW BUTTERFLY SPECIES IN THE FAUNA OF SERBIA (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE)”. Acta Entomologica Serbica. 26(2). 

Допунска литература

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  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Moths. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
  • Gaonkar, Harish (1996) Moths of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
  • Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac & Punetha, J.C.(1992) Common Moths of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
  • Haribal, Meena (1994) Moths of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
  • Kunte, Krushnamegh (2005) Moths of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Moths of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.