Cigaritis tavetensis

Cigaritis tavetensis
Cigaritis tavetensis figure 10
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species: C. tavetensis
Binomial name
Cigaritis tavetensis
(Lathy, 1906)[1]
Synonyms
  • Spindasis tavetensis Lathy, 1906

Cigaritis tavetensis, the Taveta Silverline, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

The feed on Acacia drepanolobium within galls. They are associated with ants of the Pheidole genus.

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