Cigaritis myrmecophila

Cigaritis myrmecophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species: C. myrmecophila
Binomial name
Cigaritis myrmecophila
Dumont, 1922[1]
Synonyms
  • Apharitis myrmecophila

Cigaritis myrmecophila is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found from Algeria through Libya, Egypt and Jordan to Arabia and south-eastern Iran.[2]

The larvae feed on Calligonum comosum. They live in the nests of ants of the Crematogaster genus.

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