Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cigaritis | |
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Similar Cigaritis mozambica, Cigaritis vulcanus, Aphnaeini, Cigaritis lohita, Cigaritis syama | ||
Cigaritis tavetensis, the Taveta silverline, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in western Tanzania. The habitat consists of savanna.
They feed on Acacia drepanolobium within galls. They are associated with ants of the Pheidole genus.
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