Pentila picena

Pentila picena, the western cream pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria and possibly Cameroon (the Obudu area).[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Pentila picena
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pentila
Species:
P. picena
Binomial name
Pentila picena
Synonyms
  • Pentila catori Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Tingra cydaria Grose-Smith, 1898

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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  1. Pentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-24.


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