Cigaritis tavetensis
| Cigaritis tavetensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. tavetensis |
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| Cigaritis tavetensis (Lathy, 1906)[1] | |
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Cigaritis tavetensis, the Taveta silverline, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.
They feed on Acacia drepanolobium within galls. They are associated with ants of the Pheidole genus.
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- ↑ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)
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