Pentila picena

Updated on Dec 26, 2024

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

Pentila picena, the western cream pentila, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria and possibly Cameroon (the Obudu area). The habitat consists of forests.

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

Subspecies

Pentila picena picena (Ivory Coast, Ghana)

Pentila picena catori Bethune-Baker, 1906 (central Nigeria)

Pentila picena cydaria (Grose-Smith, 1898) (Ghana, southern and western Nigeria)

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