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词条 Cigaritis homeyeri
释义

  1. Range

  2. Habitat and food plants

  3. Etymology

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Italic title}}{{Taxobox
| name = Homeyer's bar
| image = Cigaritis homeyeri, TransEntSocLondon1905PlateXIII.jpg
| image2 =
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Lepidoptera
| familia = Lycaenidae
| genus = Cigaritis
| species = C. homeyeri
| binomial = Cigaritis homeyeri
| binomial_authority = (Dewitz, 1887)[1]
| synonyms =
  • Aphnaeus homeyeri Dewitz, 1887
  • Spindasis homeyeri
  • Spindasis kallimon Druce, 1905
  • Spindasis homeyeri f. fracta Stempffer, 1948

}}

Cigaritis homeyeri, the Homeyer's bar or Homeyer's silverline, is a lycaenid butterfly that is native to the Afrotropics. Adults are on wing year-round with distinct wet- and dry-season forms.

Range

It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa, Equateur, Lualaba, Lomami, Shaba and Maniema), Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Namibia.[2]

Habitat and food plants

The habitat consists of grassy savannah. The larvae feed on Acacia species.

Etymology

The name honours Alexander von Homeyer.

References

{{Commons category|Cigaritis homeyeri}}{{Wikispecies}}
1. ^Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ^Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)

External links

  • [https://archive.org/stream/diegrossschmett13seit#page/n147/mode/2up Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69] f
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4 : Butterflies described in 1887|Cigaritis|Butterflies of Africa|Taxa named by Hermann Dewitz

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