Pentila petreia

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Pentila petreia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pentila
Species:
P. petreia
Binomial name
Pentila petreia
Hewitson, 1874 [1]
Synonyms
  • Tingra tripunctataDruce, 1888

Pentila petreia, the common red pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, central Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and western Nigeria. [2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

Adults feed from extrafloral nectaries.

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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 2012-09-24.