Pentila picena

Pentila picena
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pentila
Species:	P. picena
Binomial name
	Pentila picena; Hewitson, 1874
Synonyms
	Pentila catoriBethune-Baker, 1906; Tingra cydariaGrose-Smith, 1898;

Last updated February 17, 2021

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 Obudu area).^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults feed on extrafloral nectaries on tendrils, including bamboo nectaries.

Subspecies

Pentila picena picena (Ivory Coast, Ghana)
Pentila picena catoriBethune-Baker, 1906 (central Nigeria)
Pentila picena cydaria(Grose-Smith, 1898) (Ghana, southern and western Nigeria)

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References

↑ Pentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-24.

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[1] Pentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-24.

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