Cigaritis tavetensis

Cigaritis tavetensis, the Taveta silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

Cigaritis tavetensis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. tavetensis
Binomial name
Cigaritis tavetensis
(Lathy, 1906)[1]
Synonyms
  • Spindasis tavetensis Lathy, 1906

They feed on Acacia drepanolobium within galls. They are associated with ants of the genus Pheidole.

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 2012-06-29.


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