Micropentila brunnea

Micropentila brunnea, the brown dots, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Micropentila brunnea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Micropentila
Species:
M. brunnea
Binomial name
Micropentila brunnea
(Kirby, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lucia brunnea Kirby, 1887

Subspecies
  • Micropentila brunnea brunnea (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria: south and Cross River loop, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko)
  • Micropentila brunnea centralis Bennett, 1966 (Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri, North Kivu, Sankuru and Lualaba)

References
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  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina


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