Cigaritis nilus

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

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.

References

^ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-06-29.

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