Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cigaritis | |
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Similar Cigaritis natalensis, Colotis celimene, Pentila pauli, Coeliades pisistratus, Appias sabina | ||
Cigaritis homeyeri, the Homeyer's bar or Homeyer's silverline, is a lycaenid butterfly that is native to the Afrotropics. Adults are on wing year-round with distinct wet- and dry-season forms.
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Range
It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa, Equateur, Lualaba, Lomami, Shaba and Maniema), Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Namibia.
Habitat and food plants
The habitat consists of grassy savannah. The larvae feed on Acacia species.
Etymology
The name honours Alexander von Homeyer.
References
Cigaritis homeyeri Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA