Pentila petreoides

Pentila petreoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pentila
Species: P. petreoides
Binomial name
Pentila petreoides
Bethune-Baker, 1915[1]

Pentila petreoides, the Western Red Pentila, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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