Cigaritis modestus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. modestus
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| Cigaritis modestus | |
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Cigaritis modestus, the modest bar, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
[edit]- Cigaritis modestus modestus (southern Angola, northern Namibia)
- Cigaritis modestus heathi (d'Abrera, 1980) (Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Cigaritis modestus.
- ^ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-06-29.