| Pentila petreia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Pentila |
| Species: | P. petreia |
| Binomial name | |
| Pentila petreia | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.
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.
Pentila abraxas, the three-dot pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and western Ivory Coast. The habitat consists of forests.
Pentila auga is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Cameroon.
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 amenaida is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Angola.
Pentila inconspicua, the inconspicuous pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in southern Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of primary forests.
Pentila occidentalium, the unmarked red pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
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 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 camerunica, the Cameroon cream pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Nigeria and southern Cameroon. The habitat consists of forests.
Pentila carcassoni is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in northern Malawi.
Pentila condamini, the Condamin's red pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia and possibly western Ivory Coast.
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 nigeriana, the Nigerian red pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Nigeria. The habitat consists of forests.
Pentila petreoides, the western red pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana. The habitat consists of forests.
Pentila picena, the western cream pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria and possibly Cameroon. The habitat consists of forests.
Pentila pseudorotha, the large-spotted red pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria and Cameroon.
Pentila subfuscata is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kasai and Lualaba in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Pentila umbra is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Gabon.
