Cigaritis acamas
| Tawny silverline | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. acamas |
| Binomial name | |
| Cigaritis acamas (Klug, 1834)[1] | |
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Cigaritis acamas, the tawny silverline, Arab leopard or leopard butterfly, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly. It is found from North Africa and the Near East to India. The range includes Sudan, Arabia and Somalia.[2]
The larvae are associated with ants of the Crematogaster genus.
Subspecies
- C. a. acamas (southern Turkey to Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, the Sinai, Egypt and probably northern Arabia)
- C. a. bellatrix (Butler, 1886) (Sudan, southern Arabia, Somalia)
- C. a. divisa (Rothschild, 1915) (Sahara, including Algeria)
- C. a. dueldueli Pfeiffer, 1932
- C. a. hypargyros (Butler, 1886) (eastern Arabia to India)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Cigaritis acamas |
- ↑ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)
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