Cigaritis nilus

Short description: Species of butterfly

Cigaritis nilus

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Genus:  | Cigaritis
Species:  |

C. nilus

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.

## References

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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.

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