Cigaritis avriko
Species of butterfly
Cigaritis avriko | |
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Seitz Fauna Africana Taf 69 (line f) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cigaritis |
Species: | C. avriko |
Binomial name | |
Cigaritis avriko (Karsch, 1893)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Cigaritis avriko, the fine silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea (the Nimba Range), Sierra Leone (the Loma Mountains), southern Burkina Faso, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, western Kenya and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.
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External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69 f
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