Cigaritis nilus

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.

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
  • Aphnaeus nilus Hewitson, 1865
  • Apharitis nilus
  • Aphnaeus subaureus Grose-Smith, 1898
  • Spindasis kaduglii Bethune-Baker, 1916
  • Spindasis subaurea f. sabulosa Hawker-Smith, 1929

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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