Pentila nigeriana

Pentila nigeriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pentila
Species: P. nigeriana
Binomial name
Pentila nigeriana
Stempffer & Bennett, 1961[1]

Pentila nigeriana, the Nigerian Red Pentila, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in southern Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults of both sexes feed from extrafloral nectaries on bamboo and vines.

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