Biology:Cigaritis victoriae
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Cigaritis victoriae | |
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Figure 11 male, figures 12 and 13 female | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cigaritis |
Species: | C. victoriae
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Binomial name | |
Cigaritis victoriae (Butler, 1884)[1]
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Cigaritis victoriae, the Victoria's bar or Victoria silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern and eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.
Both sexes feed from flowers. Adults are probably on wing year-round, but are most common in spring and autumn.
The larvae feed on Acacia, Cassia and Mundulea species, as well as Ximenia americana. They are attended by ants.
References
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- ↑ 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.
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