''Tarucus ungemachi'', the Ungemach's Pierrot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia,

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon,

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

, southern

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

, Ethiopia, northern Uganda and northwestern Kenya.Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
/ref> The habitat consists of savanna, including Sudan savanna and

Guinea savanna Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

. The species is named after

Henri Ungemach Henri Léon Ungemach (19 September 1879 – 11 June 1936) was an Alsatian mineralogist who made a collection of minerals, nearly 3000 of which are now held at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris. He described minerals using their ...

. Adults typically feed from the flowers of '' Ziziphus'', '' Tridax'' and other species. The larvae feed on ''

Ziziphus abyssinica ''Ziziphus abyssinica'' is a species of shrub in the family Rhamnaceae. It is endemic to dryer habitats across tropical Africa, south of the Sahel and north of the southern African deserts. Description ''Ziziphus abyssinica'' has distinct pair ...

''.

References

Butterflies described in 1942 Tarucus Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Henri Stempffer {{Polyommatini-stub