Cigaritis somalina

Cigaritis somalina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species: C. somalina
Binomial name
Cigaritis somalina
(Butler, 1886)[1]
Synonyms
  • Spindasis somalina Butler, 1886

Cigaritis somalina, the Somali Silverline, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of arid savanna, often along water courses.

Adults are attracted to flowers at the edge of irrigated fields.

The larvae possibly feed on Acacia species.

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