Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Pentila | |
Pentila petreia, the common red pentila, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, central Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and western Nigeria. The habitat consists of dense forests.
Adults feed from extrafloral nectaries.
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