Cigaritis homeyeri

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.

Homeyer's bar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. homeyeri
Binomial name
Cigaritis homeyeri
(Dewitz, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aphnaeus homeyeri Dewitz, 1887
  • Spindasis homeyeri
  • Spindasis kallimon Druce, 1905
  • Spindasis homeyeri f. fracta Stempffer, 1948

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

  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.


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