Cigaritis tavetensis

Species of butterfly

Cigaritis tavetensis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. tavetensis
Binomial name
Cigaritis tavetensis
(Lathy, 1906)[1]
Synonyms
  • Spindasis tavetensis Lathy, 1906

Cigaritis tavetensis, the Taveta silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

They feed on Acacia drepanolobium within galls. They are associated with ants of the genus Pheidole.

References

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  1. ^ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  • Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69 g
Taxon identifiers
Cigaritis tavetensis
Spindasis tavetensis


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