Cigaritis myrmecophila

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Cigaritis myrmecophila
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. myrmecophila
Binomial name
Cigaritis myrmecophila
Dumont, 1922 [1]
Synonyms
  • Apharitis myrmecophila

Cigaritis myrmecophila is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Algeria through Libya, Egypt and Jordan to Arabia and south-eastern Iran. [2]

The larvae feed on Calligonum comosum . They live in the nests of ants of the genus Crematogaster .

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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.