Cigaritis nubilus
| Clouded silverline | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. nubilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cigaritis nubilus (Moore, [1887]) | |
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The clouded silverline, Cigaritis nubilus (sometimes Aphnaeus nubilus), is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.[1] The clouded silverline is an example of automimicry, featuring a false head and false antennae at the base of its wings meant to disorient predators.
Notes and references
[edit]- ↑ "Butterflies of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Dilmah Conservation. Retrieved 3 April 2018.