Cigaritis nilus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. nilus |
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| Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865)[1] | |
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Cigaritis nilus, the Saharan silverline, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, northern and eastern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, southern Sudan, Uganda and northern Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of sub-deserts and deserts, the Sahel, Sudan savanna and Guinea savanna.
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- ↑ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)
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