Cigaritis trimeni
Appearance
Cigaritis trimeni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cigaritis |
Species: | C. trimeni
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Binomial name | |
Cigaritis trimeni | |
Synonyms | |
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Cigaritis trimeni is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.
Subspecies
[edit]- Cigaritis trimeni trimeni (Zambia, northern Malawi, western Tanzania)
- Cigaritis trimeni congolanus (Dufrane, 1954) (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sankuru and Lualaba)
Etymology
[edit]The name honours Roland Trimen.
References
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cigaritis trimeni.
Wikispecies has information related to Cigaritis trimeni.
- ^ 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.
External links
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