Cigaritis crustaria

Violet silverline
	Seitz FaunaAfricana Taf 69 (line h)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cigaritis
Species:	C. crustaria
Binomial name
	Cigaritis crustaria; (Holland, 1890)
Synonyms
	Aphnaeus crustaria Holland, 1890 ; Spindasis crustaria ;

Cigaritis crustaria, the violet silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern Uganda and north-western Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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Adults are attracted to flowers.

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