Cigaritis tavetensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cigaritis |
Species: | C. tavetensis
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Binomial name | |
Cigaritis tavetensis | |
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Cigaritis tavetensis, the Taveta silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of savanna.
They feed on Acacia drepanolobium within galls. They are associated with ants of the genus Pheidole.