Pentila cloetensi

Updated on Dec 26, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Pentila

Similar Megalopalpus zymna, Pentila pauli, Micropentila, Liphyrini, Colotis celimene

Pentila cloetensi is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. 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.

Adults are on wing in November and December.

Subspecies

P. c. cloetensi (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Bas-Uele, Equateur, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba)

P. c. albida Hawker-Smith, 1933 (Uganda: forested areas except the Bwamba Valley, north-western Tanzania)

P. c. aspasia Grünberg, 1910 (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea)

P. c. catauga Rebel, 1914 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Haut-Uele, Ituri and North Kivu, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley)

P. c. latefasciata Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: North Kivu and Maniema)

P. c. lucayensis Schultze, 1923 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa)

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