Cigaritis Nilus, the Saharan Silverline, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, northern and eastern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, southern Sudan, Uganda, and northern Kenya.

[2] The habitat consists of sub-deserts and deserts, the Sahel, Sudan savanna, and Guinea savanna.

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