Cigaritis acamas

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Scientific name Apharitis acamus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cigaritis Rank Species

Similar Spindasis, Cigaritis cilissa, Chilades galba, Tarucus balkanicus, Maniola telmessia

Cigaritis acamas, the tawny silverline, Arab leopard or leopard butterfly, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly. It is found from North Africa and the Near East to India. The range includes Sudan, Arabia and Somalia.

The larvae are associated with ants of the Crematogaster genus.

Subspecies

C. a. acamas (southern Turkey to Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, the Sinai, Egypt and probably northern Arabia)

C. a. bellatrix (Butler, 1886) (Sudan, southern Arabia, Somalia)

C. a. divisa (Rothschild, 1915) (Sahara, including Algeria)

C. a. dueldueli Pfeiffer, 1932

C. a. hypargyros (Butler, 1886) (eastern Arabia to India)

References

Cigaritis acamas Wikipedia

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