Cigaritis_victoriae

<i>Cigaritis victoriae</i>

Cigaritis victoriae

Species of butterfly

Cigaritis victoriae, the Victoria's bar or Victoria silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern and eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

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Both sexes feed from flowers. Adults are probably on wing year-round, but are most common in spring and autumn.

The larvae feed on Acacia, Cassia and Mundulea species, as well as Ximenia americana. They are attended by ants.

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  1. [1]
    Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. [2]
    "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-06-29.


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