Cigaritis victoriae

Cigaritis victoriae, the Victoria's bar or Victoria silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern and eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

Cigaritis victoriae
Figure 11 male, figures 12 and 13 female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cigaritis
Species:	C. victoriae
Binomial name
Cigaritis victoriae (Butler, 1884)[1]
Synonyms
Aphnaeus victoriae Butler, 1884 Spindasis victoriae

Both sexes feed from flowers. Adults are probably on wing year-round, but are most common in spring and autumn.

The larvae feed on Acacia, Cassia and Mundulea species, as well as Ximenia americana. They are attended by ants.