Cigaritis acamas

Tawny silverline

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cigaritis
Species:	C. acamas
Binomial name
*Cigaritis acamas* (Klug, 1834)^[1]
Synonyms
Lycaena acamas Klug, 1834 Apharitis acamas (Klug, 1834) Spindasis bellatrix Butler, 1886 Spindasis acamas divisa Rothschild, 1915 Spindasis hypargyros Butler, 1886 Apharitis acama aegyptiaca Riley, 1925 Apharitis acama cypriaca Riley, 1925

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

C. a. acamas (southern Turkey to Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, the Sinai, Egypt and probably northern Arabia)
C. a. bellatrix (Butler, 1886) (Sudan, southern Arabia, Somalia)
C. a. divisa (Rothschild, 1915) (Sahara, including Algeria)
C. a. dueldueli Pfeiffer, 1932
C. a. hypargyros (Butler, 1886) (eastern Arabia to India)

References

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↑ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)

External links

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