Biology:Cigaritis homeyeri
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Homeyer's bar | |
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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. homeyeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887)[1]
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Cigaritis homeyeri, the Homeyer's bar or Homeyer's silverline, is a lycaenid butterfly that is native to the Afrotropics. Adults are on wing year-round with distinct wet- and dry-season forms.
Range
It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa, Equateur, Lualaba, Lomami, Shaba and Maniema), Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Namibia.[2]
Habitat and food plants
The habitat consists of grassy savannah. The larvae feed on Acacia species.
Etymology
The name honours Alexander von Homeyer.
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
Wikidata ☰ {{{from}}} entry
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