Cigaritis acamas explained

Cigaritis acamas, the tawny silverline, Arab leopard or leopard butterfly, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly. It is found from North Africa and the Near East to India. The range includes Sudan, Arabia (United Arab Emirates) and Somalia.^[1] and it occurs on Cyprus.

The larvae are associated with ants of the genus Crematogaster.

Subspecies

• C. a. acamas (southern Turkey to Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, the Sinai, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and probably northern Arabia)
• C. a. bellatrix (Butler, 1886) (Sudan, southern Arabia, Somalia)
• C. a. divisa (Rothschild, 1915) (Sahara, including Algeria)
• C. a. dueldueli Pfeiffer, 1932
• C. a. hypargyros (Butler, 1886) (eastern Arabia to India)

External links

• Dagvlinders van Europa

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2) . 2012-06-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141015171354/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_aphnaeini_2.doc . 2014-10-15 . dead .