Cigaritis natalensis

Cigaritis natalensis, the Natal bar or Natal barred blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

It is found in South Africa, from the Eastern Cape along the coast to KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, the Free State, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo and North West provinces, and part of the Northern Cape province.

Adults are on wing year-round with peaks from September to October and from March to May.

[2] The larvae feed on Canthium inerme, Clerodendrum glabrum and Ximenia afra.

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