Cigaritis Apelles

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Cigaritis apelles
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Seitz Fauna Africana Taf69 (line f)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. apelles
Binomial name
Cigaritis apelles
(Oberthür, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aphnaeus apelles Oberthür, 1878
  • Spindasis apelles

Cigaritis apelles, the rusty bar, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda, along the coast of Kenya and in Tanzania, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sankuru and Lualaba), Mozambique and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).[2] The habitat consists of savanna, bordering forests.

References

  1. Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_aphnaeini_2.doc. 

External links

  • Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69 f

Wikidata ☰ Q5119840 entry




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