Pentila glagoessa

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Pentila glagoessa
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P. glagoessa
Binomial name
Pentila glagoessa
(Holland, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tingra glagoessa Holland, 1893

Pentila glagoessa, the immaculate cream pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern and southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Haut-Uele, Tshopo, Equateur and Sankuru) and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults resemble day-flying cream moths.

References[]

  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 2012-09-23.


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