Драчац

Tarucus balkanicus
Status ugroženosti
	; Najmanje ugrožen (IUCN 3.1)
Naučna klasifikacija
Domen:	Eukaryota
Carstvo:	Animalia
Tip:	Arthropoda
Klasa:	Insecta
Red:	Lepidoptera
Porodica:	Lycaenidae
Rod:	Tarucus
Vrsta:	T. balkanicus
Binomno ime
	Tarucus balkanicus; (Freyer, 1885)
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;

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

Rasprostranjenost

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

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

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

^ Tarucus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
^ ^a ^b ^v Alciphron — vrsta Tarucus balkanicus
^ „PESI portal - Tarucus balkanica (Freyer, 1844)”. www.eu-nomen.eu. Pristupljeno 2021-09-28.
^ 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).

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