Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cigaritis | |
Similar Cigaritis acamas, Cigaritis cilissa, Spindasis, Azanus ubaldus, Tarucus balkanicus | ||
Cigaritis myrmecophila is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found from Algeria through Libya, Egypt and Jordan to Arabia and south-eastern Iran.
The larvae feed on Calligonum comosum. They live in the nests of ants of the Crematogaster genus.
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