Genus: Cigaritis

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Lycaenidae > Subfamily: Theclinae > Tribe: Aphnaeini

Species indigenous to southern Africa

List from Vári & Kroon (2002).

Cigaritis apelles
Cigaritis brunnea
Cigaritis ella (Ella's bar)
Cigaritis homeyeri
Cigaritis modesta
Cigaritis mozambica (Mozambique bar)
Cigaritis namaqua (Namaqua bar)
Cigaritis natalensis (Natal bar)
Cigaritis nyassae
Cigaritis phanes (Silvery bar)
Cigaritis victoriae

Publications

VÁRI, L., KROON, D.M., & KRÜGER, M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chatswood Australia.