Pentila tachyroides

Pentila tachyroides, the mylothrid pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Pentila tachyroides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pentila
Species:	P. tachyroides
Binomial name
Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879^[1]
Synonyms
Tingra mylothrina Butler, 1888 Pentila tochyroides roidesta Suffert, 1904

Adults are on wing in November and December.

Subspecies

• Pentila tachyroides tachyroides (southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
• Pentila tachyroides isiro Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, Ituri, Kivu, Tshuapa, Equateur and Sankuru)

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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.