Cigaritis ella
SpeciesButterflies and Moths
A Lycaenidae butterfly found in southern and eastern Africa.
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Cigaritis ella
- Butterflies and Moths
Cigaritis ella, also called Ella's bar, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It occurs from South Africa to the coast of eastern Kenya, with a broad distribution across several South African provinces and Eswatini. Males have a wingspan of 21 to 24 mm, while females measure 25 to 30 mm. Adults fly throughout the year, and larvae feed on Ximenia afra.
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Range
- South Africa to eastern Kenya
- Larval host plant
- Ximenia afra
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Cigaritis ella (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q82910643
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By JMK. CC BY-SA 3.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsJMK, Own workModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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