Biology:Cigaritis trimeni

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Cigaritis trimeni
NeavePZSL1910Plate2, Cigaritis trimeni, ♂.jpg
male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. trimeni
Binomial name
Cigaritis trimeni
(Neave, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Spindasis trimeni Neave, 1910
  • Dufrane, 1954 Spindasis trimeni congolanus

Cigaritis trimeni is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

Subspecies

  • Cigaritis trimeni trimeni (Zambia, northern Malawi, western Tanzania)
  • Cigaritis trimeni congolanus (Dufrane, 1954) (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sankuru and Lualaba)

Etymology

The name honours Roland Trimen.

References

External links

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