Cigaritis cilissa

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Cigaritis cilissa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. cilissa
Binomial name
Cigaritis cilissa
Lederer, 1861 [1]
Synonyms
  • Apharitis cilissa(Lederer, 1891)

Cigaritis cilissa is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Iran, [2] Iraq, Israel, Syria [ failed verification ] and Turkey. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Celia M. Santos Mazorra (2000). Catálogo de las colecciones zoológicas de Asia del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Vol. 1. Madrid: National Museum of Natural Sciences. p. 133. ISBN   9788400079819.
  3. ↑ S. Seven; A. Demirsoy (2014). "Contribution to the knowledge of the butterfly fauna of Erzincan Province (North East Turkey) with their Redlist status analysis (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 42 (169): 531–543. ISSN   0300-5267.


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