Cigaritis menelas

Cigaritis menelas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species: C. menelas
Binomial name
Cigaritis menelas
(Druce, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
  • Spindasis menelas Druce, 1907

Cigaritis menelas, the Red-spot Silverline, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria and western Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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