Pentila is a genus of butterflies, commonly called pentilas or buffs, in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropics. For other butterflies called buffs, see genus Baliochila.
Anthene inconspicua, the inconspicuous ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Pentila maculata, the multi-spot pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.
Pentila christina is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Pentila cloetensi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Pentila rotha is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.
Pentila bitje is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in southern Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea. The habitat consists of forests.
Pentila hewitsoni, the Hewitson's cream pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of deep forests.
Pentila torrida is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and Bas-Fleuve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Pentila tachyroides, the mylothrid pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Pentila alba is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Pentila fallax is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo.
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 and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.
Pentila landbecki is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Pentila pauli, the Paul's buff, Paul's pentila or spotted pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of deciduous woodland and forest margins.
Pentila rogersi, or Rogers' pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1907. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of coastal forests and lowland forests at altitudes ranging from sea level to 900 metres.
Pentila subfuscata is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kasai and Lualaba in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Pentila umangiana is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Sudan and in Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.
Ornipholidotos paradoxa is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.
Mimeresia russulus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. It is a forest butterfly but little is known about its life cycle with no published information on the larval stages or larval food.
