Cigaritis victoriae

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Cigaritis victoriae
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Figure 11 male, figures 12 and 13 female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. victoriae
Binomial name
Cigaritis victoriae
(Butler, 1884) [1]
Synonyms
  • Aphnaeus victoriaeButler, 1884
  • Spindasis victoriae

Cigaritis victoriae, the Victoria's bar or Victoria silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern and eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe. [2] The habitat consists of savanna.

Both sexes feed from flowers. Adults are probably on wing year-round, but are most common in spring and autumn.

The larvae feed on Acacia , Cassia and Mundulea species, as well as Ximenia americana . They are attended by ants.

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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.