Pentila tropicalis
Pentila tropicalis | |
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Pentila tropicalis tropicalis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pentila |
Species: | P. tropicalis |
Binomial name | |
Pentila tropicalis (Boisduval, 1847)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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The Tropical Pentila or Spotted Buff (Phalanta eurytis) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in eastern Africa.
The wingspan is 29–38 mm for males and 34–44 mm for females. Subspecies tropicalis has two generations per year, with adults on wing in October and November and from January to April. Subspecies fuscipunctata has continuous broods from November to April.[2]
The larvae feed on Cyanobacteria species.
Subspecies
- Pentila tropicalis tropicalis (KwaZulu-Natal, Zululand, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi)
- Pentila tropicalis chyulu van Someren, 1939 (south-eastern Kenya (Chyulu Hills))
- Pentila tropicalis fuscipunctata Henning & Henning, 1994 (sheltered riverine lowland forest of the eastern Limpopo Province and further north)
- Pentila tropicalis mombasae (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889) (coastal forests of eastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania)
References
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