''Cigaritis namaquus'', the Namaqua bar, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is restricted to the

Succulent Karoo The Succulent Karoo is a ecoregion defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature to include regions of desert in South Africa and Namibia, and a biodiversity hotspot. The geographic area chosen by the WWF for what they call 'Succulent Karoo' does no ...

areas from the extreme

Northern Cape The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of the Kgalagadi T ...

near the border with Namibia, to the northern parts of the Western Cape. The wingspan is 22–25 mm for males and 24–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to December with a peak in October. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on '' Zygophyllum'' species, including '' Z. retrofactum''. They are associated with ants of the genus '' Crematogaster''.

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''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69
''e'' Butterflies described in 1874 Cigaritis Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Roland Trimen {{Aphnaeini-stub