Cigaritis avriko

Cigaritis avriko, the fine silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea (the Nimba Range), Sierra Leone (the Loma Mountains), southern Burkina Faso, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, western Kenya and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

Cigaritis avriko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Cigaritis
Species:
C. avriko
Binomial name
Cigaritis avriko
(Karsch, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aphnaeus avriko Karsch, 1893
  • Spindasis avriko
  • Spindasis banyoana Bethune-Baker, 1926

The larvae are tended by ants of the genus Pheidole, which transport them into galls on Acacia drepanolobium in which they live. The larvae seem to feed on both ant secretions and on the lining of the galls.

References
  1. Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-06-28.


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