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Pentila tachyroides

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pentila

Pentila tachyroides

Similar
  
Pentila pauli, Megalopalpus zymna, Belenois solilucis, Cerautola crowleyi, Liphyrini

Pentila tachyroides, the mylothrid pentila, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing in November and December.

Subspecies

  • Pentila tachyroides tachyroides (southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
  • Pentila tachyroides isiro Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, Ituri, Kivu, Tshuapa, Equateur and Sankuru)

    • References

    Pentila tachyroides Wikipedia
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