Biology:Cigaritis crustaria
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Cigaritis crustaria | |
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| Seitz FaunaAfricana Taf 69 (line h) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. crustaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Cigaritis crustaria (Holland, 1890)[1]
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Cigaritis crustaria, the violet silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to flowers.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cigaritis crustaria. |
- ↑ 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
Wikidata ☰ Q5119850 entry
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