Biology:Micropentila

Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Micropentila
Micropentila mukanirwai
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Poritiinae
Genus:	Micropentila Aurivillius, 1895

Micropentila is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropics.

Species

• Micropentila adelgitha (Hewitson, 1874)
• Micropentila adelgunda (Staudinger, 1892)
• Micropentila alberta (Staudinger, 1892)
• Micropentila bakotae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila bitjeana Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila brunnea (Kirby, 1887)
• Micropentila bunyoro Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila catocala Strand, 1914
• Micropentila cherereti Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila cingulum Druce, 1910
• Micropentila dorothea Bethune-Baker, 1903
• Micropentila flavopunctata Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila fontainei Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila fulvula Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Micropentila fuscula (Grose-Smith, 1898)
• Micropentila gabunica Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila galenides (Holland, 1895)
• Micropentila jacksoni Talbot, 1937
• Micropentila katangana Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila katerae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila kelleana Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila mabangi Bethune-Baker, 1904
• Micropentila mamfe Larsen, 1986
• Micropentila mpigi Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila nigeriana Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila ogojae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila sankuru Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila souanke Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila subplagata Bethune-Baker, 1915
• Micropentila triangularis Aurivillius, 1895
• Micropentila ugandae Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Micropentila victoriae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
• Micropentila villiersi Stempffer, 1970

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1765013 entry