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