Cigaritis somalina

Somali silverline
	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; (Butler, 1886)
Synonyms
	Spindasis somalina Butler, 1886;

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.

References

^ 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.

External links

Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69 e

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[funet-1] Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-06-29.

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