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 | |
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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Synonyms | |
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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
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
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigaritis crustaria.
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