Pentila hewitsoni

Pentila hewitsoni, the Hewitson's cream pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of deep forests.

Pentila hewitsoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pentila
Species:	P. hewitsoni
Binomial name
Pentila hewitsoni (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1887)^[1]
Synonyms
Tingra hewitsoni Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1887 Tingra laura Kirby, 1890 Pentila laura Tingra limbata Holland, 1893

Adults are attracted to Marantochloa tendrils, feeding from extrafloral nectaries.

Subspecies

• Pentila hewitsoni hewitsoni (Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria)
• Pentila hewitsoni limbata (Holland, 1893) (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala)

References

 

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1. Pentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. . Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-22.