Cigaritis mozambica
| Cigaritis mozambica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. mozambica |
| Binomial name | |
| Cigaritis mozambica (Bertolini, 1850)[1] | |
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The Mozambique Bar or Mozambique Silverline (Cigaritis mozambica) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in tropical Africa. In South Africa it is found from the coast of KwaZulu-Natal to the Drakensberg, then to Swaziland, the Orange Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, the Limpopo Province and the North West Province.
The wingspan is 22–25 mm for males and 25–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round with peaks in late summer.[2]
The larvae feed on Sphenostylis - Sphenostylis angustifolia. They are associated with ants of the Crematogaster genus.
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