Pentila petreia
| Pentila petreia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Pentila |
| Species: | P. petreia |
| Binomial name | |
| Pentila petreia Hewitson, 1874[1] | |
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Pentila petreia, the common red pentila, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. 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.
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- ↑ Pentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina
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