Cigaritis mozambica

Cigaritis mozambica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cigaritis
Species:	C. mozambica
Binomial name
Cigaritis mozambica (Bertolini, 1850)[1]
Synonyms
Spindasis mozambica Bertolini, 1850

The Mozambique Bar or Mozambique Silverline (Cigaritis mozambica) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in tropical Africa. In South Africa it is found from the coast of KwaZulu-Natal to the Drakensberg, then to Swaziland, the Orange Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, the Limpopo Province and the North West Province.

The wingspan is 22-25 mm for males and 25-28 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round with peaks in late summer^[2].

The larvae feed on Sphenostylis angustifolia.

References

1. ^ Cigaritis, Site of Markku Savela
2. ^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.