Cigaritis modestus

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Cigaritis modestus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. modestus
Binomial name
Cigaritis modestus
(Trimen, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Aphnaeus modestusTrimen, 1891
  • Spindasis modestus
  • Spindasis modesta heathid'Abrera, 1980

Cigaritis modestus, the modest bar, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Namibia. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

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References

  1. ↑ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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