Tuxentius

Tuxentius is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as pied Pierrots or pies. Contained in this genus are the African species formerly placed in Castalius, except the blue-eyed Pierrot (sometimes called blue pied Pierrot) which is separated in Zintha.

Species
The members of genus Tuxentius are:
 * Tuxentius calice (Hopffer, 1855) – white Pierrot
 * Tuxentius carana (Hewitson, 1876) – forest pied Pierrot
 * Tuxentius cretosus (Butler, 1876) – savanna pied Pierrot
 * Tuxentius ertli (Aurivillius, 1907) – Ertli's Pierrot
 * Tuxentius gabrieli Balint, 1999 – Gabriel's Pierrot
 * Tuxentius hesperis (Vári, 1976) – western pie
 * Tuxentius kaffana (Talbot, 1935)
 * Tuxentius margaritaceus (Sharpe, 1892) – mountain pied Pierrot
 * Tuxentius melaena (Trimen, 1887) – dark pied Pierrot
 * Tuxentius stempfferi (Kielland, 1976) – Stempffer's Pierrot