Summary ²

Cigaritis natalensis, the Natal bar or Natal barred blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, from the Eastern Cape along the coast to KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, the Free State, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo and North West provinces, and part of the Northern Cape province. It is also present in Botswana.

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1. (c) Graeme White, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Graeme White
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigaritis_natalensis

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