Cigaritis modestus

Modest bar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. modestus
Binomial name
Cigaritis modestus
(Trimen, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Aphnaeus modestus Trimen, 1891
  • Spindasis modestus
  • Spindasis modesta heathi d'Abrera, 1980

Cigaritis modestus, the modest bar, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Namibia. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-06-29.