Cigaritis myrmecophila
Species of butterfly
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Cigaritis myrmecophila is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Algeria through Libya, Egypt and Jordan to Arabia and south-eastern Iran.[2]
| Cigaritis myrmecophila | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. myrmecophila |
| Binomial name | |
| Cigaritis myrmecophila Dumont, 1922[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Calligonum comosum. They live in the nests of ants of the genus Crematogaster.
