Cigaritis victoriae
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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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. victoriae |
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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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- Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
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