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Cigaritis crustaria

Violet silverline
Seitz FaunaAfricana Taf 69 (line h)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. crustaria
Binomial name
Cigaritis crustaria
(Holland, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aphnaeus crustaria Holland, 1890
  • Spindasis crustaria

Cigaritis crustaria, the violet silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

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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