Cigaritis modestus
| Cigaritis modestus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. modestus |
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| Cigaritis modestus (Trimen, 1891)[1] | |
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Cigaritis modestus, the Modest Bar, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
- Cigaritis modestus modestus (southern Angola, northern Namibia)
- Cigaritis modestus heathi (d'Abrera, 1980) (Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: Lualaba)
References
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- ↑ Cigaritis, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)
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