Cigaritis buchanani

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Cigaritis buchanani
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. buchanani
Binomial name
Cigaritis buchanani
(Rothschild, 1921) [1]
Synonyms
  • Spindasis buchananiRothschild, 1921

Cigaritis buchanani is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Gambia, northern Nigeria, Mali and Chad. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-06-29.


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