Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cigaritis | |
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Similar Cigaritis natalensis, Cigaritis mozambica, Aphnaeini, Spindasis, Theclinae | ||
Cigaritis victoriae, the Victoria's bar or Victoria silverline, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in southern and eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of savanna.
Both sexes feed from flowers. Adults are probably on wing year-round, but are most common in spring and autumn.
The larvae feed on Acacia, Cassia and Mundulea species, as well as Ximenia americana. They are attended by ants.
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