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Pentila hewitsoni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pentila

Pentila hewitsoni

Similar
  
Pentila pauli, Ornipholidotos, Pentila

Pentila hewitsoni, the Hewitson's cream pentila, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. 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.

Adults are attracted to Marantochloa tendrils, feeding from extrafloral nectaries.

Subspecies

  • Pentila hewitsoni hewitsoni (Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria)
  • Pentila hewitsoni limbata (Holland, 1893) (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala)

    • References

    Pentila hewitsoni Wikipedia
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