Pentila glagoessa

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Pentila glagoessa
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Pentila
Species:
P. glagoessa
Binomial name
Pentila glagoessa
(Holland, 1893) [1]
Synonyms
  • Tingra glagoessaHolland, 1893

Pentila glagoessa, the immaculate cream pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern and southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Haut-Uele, Tshopo, Equateur and Sankuru) and Uganda. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults resemble day-flying cream moths.

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References

  1. ↑ Pentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-23.


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