Biology:Cigaritis menelas

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Cigaritis menelas
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. menelas
Binomial name
Cigaritis menelas
(H. H. Druce, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
  • Spindasis menelas H. H. Druce, 1907

Cigaritis menelas, the red-spot silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1907. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria and western Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (March 9, 2019). "Cigaritis menelas (Druce, 1907)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/cigaritis/#menelas. Retrieved December 16, 2019. 
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_aphnaeini_2.doc. 

External links

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