Cigaritis somalina
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Seitz ..Fauna Africana Taf69 (line e) | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cigaritis |
Species: | C. somalina
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Cigaritis somalina, the Somali silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of arid savanna, often along water courses.
Adults are attracted to flowers at the edge of irrigated fields.
The larvae possibly feed on Acacia species.
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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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- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69 eError: "Q5119876" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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