Species
The genus can be divided in two distinct groups. These are generally separated geographically, but some taxa (such as the Black-spotted Pierrot, T. balkanicus nigra), though assigned to one group, occur in the range of the other. Consequently, it is not quite clear whether the groups are clades or merely convenient but paraphyletic assemblages:
Afrotropical group:
- Tarucus balkanicus – Balkan Pierrot, Little Tiger Blue
- Tarucus balkanicus nigra – Black-spotted Pierrot
- Tarucus bowkeri
- Tarucus grammicus – Black Pierrot
- Tarucus kiki
- Tarucus kulala – Turkana Pierrot
- Tarucus legrasi – Le Gras' Pierrot
- Tarucus quadratus
- Tarucus rosacea – Mediterranean Tiger Blue, Mediterranean Pierrot
- Tarucus sybaris
- Tarucus theophrastus – Pointed Pierrot, African Pierrot, Common Tiger Blue
- Tarucus thespis
- Tarucus ungemachi – Ungemach's Pierrot
South Asian group:
- Tarucus alteratus – Rusty Pierrot
- Tarucus ananda – Dark Pierrot
- Tarucus callinara – Spotted Pierrot
- Tarucus extricatus – Rounded Pierrot
- Tarucus indica
- Tarucus nara – Striped Pierrot
- Tarucus venosus – Veined Pierrot, Himalayan Pierrot
- Tarucus waterstradti
- Tarucus waterstradti dharta – Assam Pierrot
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