Pentila picena

Pentila picena
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
  • Pentila catori Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Tingra cydaria Grose-Smith, 1898

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

References

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