''Cigaritis'' is a

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butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the

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. Its species are found in the

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, the

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and adjacent regions of Asia. ''Cigaritis'' includes species that used to be placed in two other genera: ''Apharitis'' Riley, 1925 and ''Spindasis'' Wallengren, 1857. The latter were synonymised with ''Cigaritis'' by Heath ''et al.'', 2002,, 2002. ''The butterflies of Zambia. African Butterfly Research Institute and The Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa''. i-xvii, 1-137. and this synonymy is followed in recent works., 2015. Phylogeny of the Aphnaeinae: myrmecophilous African butterflies with carnivorous and herbivorous life histories. ''Systematic entomology'' 40(1): 169–182.

Species

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Cigaritis abnormis ''Cigaritis abnormis'', the abnormal silverline, is a species of lycaenid Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also calle ...

'' (Moore,

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Cigaritis acamas ''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 (United Arab Emirates) and Soma ...

'' (Klug, 1834) *''

Cigaritis allardi ''Cigaritis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family (biology), family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm, the Indomalayan realm and adjacent regions of Asia. ''Cigaritis'' includes species that used to be placed in two ...

'' Oberthür, 1909 *'' Cigaritis apelles'' (Oberthür, 1878) *''

Cigaritis apuleia ''Cigaritis apuleia'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Repub ...

'' (Hulstaert, 1924) *''

Cigaritis arooni ''Cigaritis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer ...

'' (Murayama & Kimura, 1990) northern Thailand *''

Cigaritis avriko ''Cigaritis avriko'', the fine silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea (the Nimba Range), Sierra Leone (the Loma Mountains), southern Burkina Faso, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, western Kenya and Ethiopia. Th ...

'' (Karsch, 1893) *'' Cigaritis baghirmii'' (Stempffer, 1946) *'' Cigaritis bergeri'' (Bouyer, 2003)

DRC The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

, Katanga, Sandoa *'' Cigaritis brunnea'' (Jackson, 1966) *''

Cigaritis buchanani ''Cigaritis buchanani'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Gambia, northern Nigeria, Mali and Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at t ...

'' (Rothschild, 1921) *''

Cigaritis cilissa ''Cigaritis cilissa'' is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهور ...

'' Lederer, 1861 *''

Cigaritis collinsi ''Cigaritis collinsi'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania (from the north-eastern part of the country to the Usambara Mountains The Usambara Mountains of northeastern Tanzania in tropical East Africa, comprise t ...

'' (Kielland, 1980) *''

Cigaritis crustaria ''Cigaritis crustaria'', the violet silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern Uganda and nor ...

'' (Holland, 1890) *''

Cigaritis cynica ''Cigaritis cynica'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba) and Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Afric ...

'' (Riley, 1921) *'' Cigaritis dufranei'' (Bouyer, 1991) *''

Cigaritis elima ''Cigaritis elima'', the scarce shot silverline, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Sri Lanka and India. The species was first described by Frederic Moore Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entom ...

'' (Moore, 1877) India and Ceylon *''

Cigaritis ella ''Cigaritis ella'', the Ella's bar, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from South Africa to the coast of eastern Kenya. In South Africa it is found from the Eastern Cape along the coast to KwaZulu-Natal, then inland to Eswatini, ...

'' (Hewitson, 1865) *''

Cigaritis elwesi ''Cigaritis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm, the Indomalayan realm and adjacent regions of Asia. ''Cigaritis'' includes species that used to be placed in two other genera: ''A ...

'' Evans,

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/small> northwestern India *''

Cigaritis epargyros ''Cigaritis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm, the Indomalayan realm and adjacent regions of Asia. ''Cigaritis'' includes species that used to be placed in two other genera: ''A ...

'' (Eversmann, 1854) Arabia, Afghanistan and northern China *''

Cigaritis evansii ''Cigaritis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm, the Indomalayan realm and adjacent regions of Asia. ''Cigaritis'' includes species that used to be placed in two other genera: ''A ...

'' (Tytler, 1915) Assam *''

Cigaritis gilletti ''Cigaritis gilletti'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Fed ...

'' (Riley, 1925) *'' Cigaritis greeni'' (Heron, 1896) Ceylon *'' Cigaritis hassoni'' (Bouyer, 2003) *'' Cigaritis homeyeri'' (Dewitz, 1886) *''

Cigaritis ictis The Common shot silverline, ''Cigaritis ictis'', is a species of lycaenid butterflies. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan population is classified as a subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below spe ...

'' (Hewitson, 1865) Ceylon and India *'' Cigaritis iza'' (Hewitson, 1865) *'' Cigaritis junodi'' (D'Abrera, 1980) Transvaal *'' Cigaritis kutu'' (Corbet, 1940) Malaysia *''

Cigaritis learmondi ''Cigaritis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm, the Indomalayan realm and adjacent regions of Asia. ''Cigaritis'' includes species that used to be placed in two other genera: ''A ...

'' (Tytler, 1940) Burma and Thailand *'' Cigaritis leechi'' (Swinhoe, 1912) western China *'' Cigaritis lilacinus'' (Moore, 1884) Burma *''

Cigaritis lohita ''Cigaritis lohita'', the long-banded silverline, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly. Description The wingspan of ''Cigaritis lohita'' reaches . Subspecies *''Cigaritis lohita lohita'' (Horsfield, 1829) - Java *''Cigaritis lohita la ...

'' (Horsfield,

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Cigaritis lunulifera ''Cigaritis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm, the Indomalayan realm and adjacent regions of Asia. ''Cigaritis'' includes species that used to be placed in two other genera: ''A ...

'' (Moore, 1879) India *''

Cigaritis lutosus ''Cigaritis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm, the Indomalayan realm and adjacent regions of Asia. ''Cigaritis'' includes species that used to be placed in two other genera: ''A ...

'' (Plötz, 1880) Ashanti region, southeastern Ghana *''

Cigaritis maxima ''Cigaritis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm, the Indomalayan realm and adjacent regions of Asia. ''Cigaritis'' includes species that used to be placed in two other genera: ''A ...

'' Staudinger, 1901 *'' Cigaritis maximus'' (Elwes,

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Burma, Thailand and Laos *''

Cigaritis menelas ''Cigaritis menelas'', the red-spot silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1907. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria and western Cameroon Cameroo ...

'' (Druce, 1907) *'' Cigaritis mishmisensis'' (South, 1913) Mishimi Hills (northeastern India) *'' Cigaritis modestus'' (Trimen, 1891) *'' Cigaritis montana'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1924) *'' Cigaritis mozambica'' (Bertolini, 1850) *''

Cigaritis myrmecophila ''Cigaritis myrmecophila'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Algeria through Libya, Egypt and Jordan to Arabia and south-eastern Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, ...

'' Dumont, 1922 *''

Cigaritis nairobiensis ''Cigaritis nairobiensis'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba). The larvae feed on ''Rhus villosa ''Villosa'' is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic biva ...

'' (Sharpe, 1904) *'' Cigaritis namaquus'' (Trimen, 1874) *'' Cigaritis natalensis'' (Westwood, 1851) *'' Cigaritis nilus'' (Hewitson, 1865) *'' Cigaritis nipalicus'' (Moore, 1884) western India and Nepal *'' Cigaritis nubilus'' (Moore,

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Ceylon *''

Cigaritis nyassae ''Cigaritis nyassae'', the Nyassa silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and possibly Zimbabwe. The larvae feed on '' Acacia stenocarpa'', ''Entada abyssinica'' and ...

'' (Butler, 1884) *''

Cigaritis overlaeti ''Cigaritis overlaeti'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Ce ...

'' (Bouyer, 1998) *'' Cigaritis phanes'' (Trimen, 1873) *'' Cigaritis pinheyi'' (Heath, 1983) *'' Cigaritis rukma'' (de Nicéville,

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Sikkim and Bhutan *'' Cigaritis rukmini'' (de Nicéville,

Sikkim and Assam *'' Cigaritis schistacea'' (Moore,

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India and Ceylon *'' Cigaritis scotti'' (Gabriel, 1954) *''

Cigaritis seliga ''Cigaritis seliga'', the large long-banded silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1912. It is found in the Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms ...

'' (Fruhstorfer, 1912) Malaysia, southern Burma, Thailand and Borneo *''

Cigaritis shaba ''Cigaritis shaba'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally C ...

'' (Bouyer, 1991) *'' Cigaritis siphax'' (Lucas, 1849) Algeria and Tunisia *'' Cigaritis somalina'' (Butler,

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*'' Cigaritis syama'' (Horsfield,

central and western China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indochina, Thailand, Sumatra, Singapore, Java, Borneo and Philippines *'' Cigaritis takanonis'' (Matsumura, 1906) Japan *'' Cigaritis tanganyikae'' (Kielland, 1990) *''

Cigaritis tavetensis ''Cigaritis tavetensis'', the Taveta silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Tanzania. The habitat consists of savanna. They feed on ''Acacia drepanolobium'' within galls. They are associated with ants of the ...

'' (Lathy, 1906) *'' Cigaritis trifurcata'' (Moore, 1882) northwestern, central and eastern India *''

Cigaritis trimeni ''Cigaritis trimeni'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a c ...

'' (Neave, 1910) *'' Cigaritis victoriae'' (Butler, 1884) *'' Cigaritis vixinga'' (Hewitson, 1875) Thailand, Borneo and Sumatra *''

Cigaritis vulcanus ''Cigaritis vulcanus'', the common silverline, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Description The wingspan is 26–34 mm. Subspecies The subspecies of ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) *''

Cigaritis zhengweille ''Cigaritis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm, the Indomalayan realm and adjacent regions of Asia. ''Cigaritis'' includes species that used to be placed in two other genera: ''A ...

'' (Huang, 1998) Yunnan (China) *''

Cigaritis zohra ''Cigaritis zohra'', the Donzel's silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Algeria and Morocco. The larvae feed on ''Coronilla minima ''Coronilla minima'' is a species of flowering plant from the family Fabaceae f ...

'' Donzel, 1847 Morocco and Algeria Status unclear: *'' Cigaritis kuyaniana'' (Matsumura, 1919)

References

External links

"''Cigaritis'' Donzel, 1847"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69
Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Hugo Fleury Donzel {{Aphnaeini-stub