Cigaritis modestus

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 Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of 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 Congo: Lualaba)

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