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Cigaritis apelles

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Cigaritis apelles
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C. apelles
Binomial name
Cigaritis apelles
(Oberthür, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aphnaeus apelles Oberthür, 1878
  • Spindasis apelles

Cigaritis apelles, the rusty bar, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Uganda, along the coast of Kenya and in Tanzania, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sankuru and Lualaba), Mozambique and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).[2] The habitat consists of savanna, bordering forests.

References

  1. ^ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)