Biology:Pentila hewitsoni

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Pentila hewitsoni
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Scientific classification edit
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

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.

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

Wikidata ☰ Q13488933 entry