Cigaritis nilus
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cigaritis |
Species: | C. nilus
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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.
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- ^ 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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