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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Cigaritis somalina | |
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Seitz ..Fauna Africana Taf69 (line e) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cigaritis |
Species: | C. somalina |
Binomial name | |
Cigaritis somalina | |
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Adults are attracted to flowers at the edge of irrigated fields.
The larvae possibly feed on Acacia species.
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