Cigaritis homeyeri, the Homeyer's bar or Homeyer's silverline, is a lycaenid butterfly that is native to the Afrotropics. Adults are on wing year-round with distinct wet- and dry-season forms.
Range It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa, Equateur, Lualaba, Lomami, Shaba and Maniema), Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Namibia.
Habitat and food plants The habitat consists of grassy savannah. The larvae feed on Acacia species.
Etymology The name honours Alexander von Homeyer.
References
External links Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69 f