| Red-spot silverline | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. menelas |
| Binomial name | |
| Cigaritis menelas (H. H. Druce, 1907) | |
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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. The habitat consists of forests.
References
- Savela, Markku (March 9, 2019). "Cigaritis menelas (Druce, 1907)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Cigaritis menelas | |
| Spindasis menelas | |
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