Pentila picena
Pentila picena | |
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Pentila picena figures 7, 8 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pentila |
Species: | P. picena |
Binomial name | |
Pentila picena Hewitson, 1874[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Pentila picena, the Western Cream Pentila, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria and possibly Cameroon (the Obudu area).[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults feed on extrafloral nectaries on tendrils, including bamboo nectaries.
Subspecies
- Pentila picena picena (Ivory Coast, Ghana)
- Pentila picena catori Bethune-Baker, 1906 (central Nigeria)
- Pentila picena cydaria (Grose-Smith, 1898) (Ghana, southern and western Nigeria)
References
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