Micropentila brunnea
| Micropentila brunnea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Micropentila |
| Species: | M. brunnea |
| Binomial name | |
| Micropentila brunnea (Kirby, 1887)[1] | |
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Micropentila brunnea, the Brown Dots, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
Subspecies
- Micropentila brunnea brunnea (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria: south and Cross River loop, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko)
- Micropentila brunnea centralis Bennett, 1966 (Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo: Ituri, North Kivu, Sankuru and Lualaba)
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