Cigaritis_victoriae Knowpia

Cigaritis victoriae
	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
Binomial name
	Cigaritis victoriae; (Butler, 1884)
Synonyms
	Aphnaeus victoriae Butler, 1884 ; Spindasis victoriae ;

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 edit

^ 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.

[funet-1] Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-06-29.

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