Cigaritis crustaria

Species of butterfly

Cigaritis crustaria

Seitz FaunaAfricana Taf 69 (line h)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cigaritis
Species:	C. crustaria
Binomial name
*Cigaritis crustaria* (Holland, 1890)^[1]
Synonyms
Aphnaeus crustaria Holland, 1890 Spindasis crustaria

Cigaritis crustaria, the violet silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern Uganda and north-western Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

References

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^ 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.