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

References

  1. ↑ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)


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