Pentila cloetensi

Pentila cloetensi

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pentila
Species:	P. cloetensi
Binomial name
*Pentila cloetensi* Aurivillius, 1898^[1]
Synonyms
Pentila elfrieda Suffert, 1904 Pentila aspasia albida Hawker-Smith, 1933 Pentila cloetensi ab. elfriedana Strand, 1918 Pentila aspasia Grünberg, 1910 Pentila catauga Rebel, 1914 Pentila auga congoensis Joicey and Talbot, 1921 Pentila cloetensi ueleensis Stempffer and Bennett, 1961 Pentila cloetensi ab. latefascia Dufrane, 1953 Pentila lucayensis Schultze, 1923

Pentila cloetensi is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing in November and December.

Subspecies

Pentila cloetensi cloetensi (Democratic Republic of Congo: Mongala, Bas-Uele, Equateur, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba)
Pentila cloetensi albida Hawker-Smith, 1933 (Uganda: forested areas except the Bwamba Valley, north-western Tanzania)
Pentila cloetensi aspasia Grünberg, 1910 (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea)
Pentila cloetensi catauga Rebel, 1914 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Haut-Uele, Ituri and North Kivu, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley)
Pentila cloetensi latefasciata Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 (Democratic Republic of Congo: North Kivu and Maniema)
Pentila cloetensi lucayensis Schultze, 1923 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Kinshasa)

References

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↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina

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