Biology:Cigaritis myrmecophila
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Cigaritis myrmecophila | |
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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. myrmecophila
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| Binomial name | |
| Cigaritis myrmecophila Dumont, 1922[1]
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Cigaritis myrmecophila is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Algeria through Libya, Egypt and Jordan to Arabia and south-eastern Iran.[2]
The larvae feed on Calligonum comosum. They live in the nests of ants of the genus Crematogaster.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cigaritis myrmecophila. |
- ↑ 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 ☰ Q5119863 entry
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