Cigaritis nilus

Cigaritis nilus
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Scientific classification
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Arthropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Insecta
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Lepidoptera
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Lycaenidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Cigaritis
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Binomial name
Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
Spindasis kaduglii Aphnaeus nilus Hewitson, 1865 Bethune-Baker, 1916 Spindasis subaurea f. sabulosa Aphnaeus subaureus Hawker-Smith, 1929 Apharitis nilus Grose-Smith, 1898

Cigaritis Nilus, the Saharan Silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, northern and eastern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, southern Sudan, Uganda, and northern Kenya.^[2] The habitat consists of sub-deserts and deserts, the Sahel, Sudan savanna, and Guinea savanna.

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