Cigaritis acamas
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Cigaritis acamas |
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Cigaritis acamas, the Tawny Silverline, Arab Leopard or Leopard Butterfly, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly. It is found from North Africa and the Near East to India. The range includes Sudan, Arabia and Somalia.[2]
The larvae are associated with ants of the Crematogaster genus.
Subspecies
- Cigaritis acamas acamas (southern Turkey to Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, the Sinai, Egypt and probably northern Arabia)
- Cigaritis acamas bellatrix (Butler, 1886) (Sudan, southern Arabia, Somalia)
- Cigaritis acamas divisa (Rothschild, 1915) (Sahara, including Algeria)
- Cigaritis acamas dueldueli Pfeiffer, 1932
- Cigaritis acamas hypargyros (Butler, 1886) (eastern Arabia to India)
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- ↑ Cigaritis, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)
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