Pentila

Updated on Feb 04, 2024

Edit

Comment

Kingdom Animalia Family Lycaenidae Tribe Liptenini Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus		Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Poritiinae Scientific name Pentila Higher classification Lycaenidae

Similar Ornipholidotos, Liptena, Tetrarhanis, Mimacraea, Butterfly

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.

Species

Listed alphabetically:

Pentila abraxas Westwood, 1852

Pentila alba Dewitz, 1886

Pentila amenaida Hewitson, 1873

Pentila amenaidoides (Holland, 1893)

Pentila auga Karsch, 1895

Pentila bennetti Collins & Larsen, 2003

Pentila bitje Druce, 1910

Pentila camerunica Stempffer & Bennett, 1961

Pentila carcassoni Stempffer & Bennett, 1961

Pentila christina Suffert, 1904

Pentila cloetensi Aurivillius, 1898

Pentila condamini Stempffer, 1963

Pentila fallax Bethune-Baker, 1915

Pentila fidonioides Schultze, 1923

Pentila glagoessa (Holland, 1893)

Pentila hewitsoni (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1887)

Pentila inconspicua Druce, 1910 – inconspicuous pentila

Pentila landbecki Stempffer & Bennett, 1961

Pentila maculata (Kirby, 1887)

Pentila mesia Hulstaert, 1924

Pentila nero (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)

Pentila nigeriana Stempffer & Bennett, 1961

Pentila occidentalium Aurivillius, 1899

Pentila pauli Staudinger, 1888 – Paul's buff

Pentila petreia Hewitson, 1874

Pentila petreoides Bethune-Baker, 1915

Pentila phidia Hewitson, 1874

Pentila picena Hewitson, 1874

Pentila preussi Staudinger, 1888

Pentila pseudorotha Stempffer & Bennett, 1961

Pentila rogersi (Druce, 1907) – Rogers' pentila

Pentila rondo Kielland, 1990

Pentila rotha Hewitson, 1873

Pentila subfuscata Hawker-Smith, 1933

Pentila swynnertoni Stevenson, 1940

Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879 – mylothrid pentila

Pentila torrida (Kirby, 1887)

Pentila tropicalis (Boisduval, 1847) – tropical pentila, spotted buff

Pentila umangiana Aurivillius, 1898

Pentila umbra Holland, 1892

References

Pentila Wikipedia

(Text) CC BY-SA