Pentila alba

Pentila alba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pentila
Species: P. alba
Binomial name
Pentila alba
Dewitz, 1886[1]

Pentila alba is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Haut-Uele, North Kivu, Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing in December and January.

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