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Pentila tropicalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Scientific name
  
Pentila tropicalis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pentila

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Eicochrysops messapus, Crudaria leroma, Tuxentius melaena, Alaena amazoula, Sevenia natalensis

Phalanta eurytis, the tropical pentila or spotted buff, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in eastern Africa.

The wingspan is 29–38 mm for males and 34–44 mm for females. Subspecies P. t. tropicalis has two generations per year, with adults on wing in October and November and from January to April. Subspecies P. t. fuscipunctata has continuous broods from November to April.

The larvae feed on species of cyanobacteria.

Subspecies

  • P. t. tropicalis (KwaZulu-Natal, Zululand, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi)
  • P. t. chyulu van Someren, 1939 (south-eastern Kenya (Chyulu Hills))
  • P. t. fuscipunctata Henning & Henning, 1994 (sheltered riverine lowland forest of the eastern Limpopo province and further north)
  • P. t. mombasae (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889) (coastal forests of eastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania)

    • References

    Pentila tropicalis Wikipedia
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