Cigaritis modestus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cigaritis

Similar Cigaritis natalensis, Cigaritis mozambica, Aphnaeini, Spindasis, Theclinae

Cigaritis modestus, the modest bar, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Namibia. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

Cigaritis modestus modestus (southern Angola, northern Namibia)

Cigaritis modestus heathi (d'Abrera, 1980) (Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)

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