Cigaritis myrmecophila
Cigaritis myrmecophila | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cigaritis |
Species: | C. myrmecophila |
Binomial name | |
Cigaritis myrmecophila Dumont, 1922[1] | |
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Cigaritis myrmecophila is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found from Algeria through Libya, Egypt and Jordan to Arabia and south-eastern Iran.[2]
The larvae feed on Calligonum comosum. They live in the nests of ants of the Crematogaster genus.
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- ↑ Cigaritis, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)