Biology:Cigaritis modestus

From HandWiki
Revision as of 16:13, 8 August 2022 by imported>WikiGary (fix)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Short description: Species of butterfly

Cigaritis modestus
Cigaritis modestus.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. modestus
Binomial name
Cigaritis modestus
(Trimen, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aphnaeus modestus Trimen, 1891
  • Spindasis modestus
  • Spindasis modesta heathi d'Abrera, 1980

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

Wikidata ☰ Q26869617 entry