Cigaritis homeyeri
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| Homeyer's bar | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. homeyeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Cigaritis homeyeri | |
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Cigaritis homeyeri, the Homeyer's bar or Homeyer's silverline, is a lycaenid butterfly that is native to the Afrotropics. Adults are on wing year-round with distinct wet- and dry-season forms.
Range
[edit | edit source]It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa, Equateur, Lualaba, Lomami, Shaba and Maniema), Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Namibia.[2]
Habitat and food plants
[edit | edit source]The habitat consists of grassy savannah. The larvae feed on Acacia species.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The name honours Alexander von Homeyer.
References
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External links
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