Cigaritis tavetensis
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cigaritis |
Species: | C. tavetensis
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Cigaritis tavetensis, the Taveta silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.
They feed on Acacia drepanolobium within galls. They are associated with ants of the genus Pheidole.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cigaritis tavetensis.
Wikispecies has information related to Cigaritis tavetensis.
- ^ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
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