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Cigaritis trimeni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cigaritis

Cigaritis trimeni

Similar
  
Cigaritis natalensis, Cigaritis mozambica, Aphnaeini, Cigaritis vulcanus, Cigaritis lohita

Cigaritis trimeni is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of savanna.

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Subspecies

  • Cigaritis trimeni trimeni (Zambia, northern Malawi, western Tanzania)
  • Cigaritis trimeni congolanus (Dufrane, 1954) (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sankuru and Lualaba)
  • Etymology

    The name honours Roland Trimen.

    References

    Cigaritis trimeni Wikipedia