Cigaritis victoriae
| Cigaritis victoriae | |
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| Cigaritis victoriae figure 11 male, figures 12, 13 female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. victoriae |
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| Cigaritis victoriae (Butler, 1884)[1] | |
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Cigaritis victoriae, Victoria’s Bar or Victoria Silverline, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in southern and eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.
Both sexes feed from flowers. Adults are probably on wing year round, but are most common in spring and autumn.
The larvae feed on Acacia, Cassia and Mundulea species, as well as Ximenia americana. They are attended by ants.
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- ↑ Cigaritis, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)
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