Pentila petreia

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Pentila petreia
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P. petreia
Binomial name
Pentila petreia
Synonyms
  • Tingra tripunctata Druce, 1888

Pentila petreia, the common red pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, central Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and western Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

Adults feed from extrafloral nectaries.

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 2012-09-24.


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