Micropentila brunnea
| Micropentila brunnea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Micropentila |
| Species: | M. brunnea |
| Binomial name | |
| Micropentila brunnea (Kirby, 1887)[1] | |
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Micropentila brunnea, the brown dots, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. 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.
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)
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- ↑ Micropentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina
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