Cigaritis menelas, the red-spot silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1907. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria and western Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. menelas
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| Cigaritis menelas (H. H. Druce, 1907)[1]
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References
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- ^ Savela, Markku (March 9, 2019). "Cigaritis menelas (Druce, 1907)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
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