Biology:Cigaritis modestus
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. modestus
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| Cigaritis modestus (Trimen, 1891)[1]
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Cigaritis modestus, the modest bar, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
- Cigaritis modestus modestus (southern Angola, northern Namibia)
- Cigaritis modestus heathi (d'Abrera, 1980) (Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cigaritis modestus. |
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q26869617 entry
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