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Cigaritis modestus

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Cigaritis modestus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Cigaritis
Species:
C. modestus
Binomial name
Cigaritis modestus
(Trimen, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aphnaeus modestus Trimen, 1891
  • Spindasis modestus
  • Spindasis modesta heathi d'Abrera, 1980

Cigaritis modestus, the modest bar, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Cigaritis modestus modestus (southern Angola, northern Namibia)
  • Cigaritis modestus heathi (d'Abrera, 1980) (Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)

References

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


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