Biology:Cigaritis acamas
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Tawny silverline | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. acamas
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| Binomial name | |
| Cigaritis acamas (Klug, 1834)[1]
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Cigaritis acamas, the tawny silverline, Arab leopard or leopard butterfly, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly. It is found from North Africa and the Near East to India . The range includes Sudan, Arabia (United Arab Emirates) and Somalia.[2] and it occurs on Cyprus.
The larvae are associated with ants of the genus Crematogaster.
Subspecies
- C. a. acamas (southern Turkey to Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, the Sinai, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and probably northern Arabia)
- C. a. bellatrix (Butler, 1886) (Sudan, southern Arabia, Somalia)
- C. a. divisa (Rothschild, 1915) (Sahara, including Algeria)
- C. a. dueldueli Pfeiffer, 1932
- C. a. hypargyros (Butler, 1886) (eastern Arabia to India)
References
- ↑ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_aphnaeini_2.doc.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cigaritis acamas. |
Wikidata ☰ Q692794 entry
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