Cigaritis zohra

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Cigaritis zohra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. zohra
Binomial name
Cigaritis zohra
Donzel, 1847 [1]
Synonyms
  • Cigaritis masinissa Lucas, 1849
  • Cigaritis zohra confusa Oberthür, 1915
  • Cigaritis zohra littoralis Riley, 1925
  • Cigaritis zohra f. oberthueri Riley, 1925

Cigaritis zohra, the Donzel's silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Algeria and Morocco. [2]

The larvae feed on Coronilla minima , in the later stages with Crematogaster 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 2012-06-28.