Biology:Pentila petreia

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Pentila petreia
Petreia inGSK1889.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pentila
Species:
P. petreia
Binomial name
Pentila petreia
Hewitson, 1874[1]
Synonyms
  • Tingra tripunctata Druce, 1888

Pentila petreia, the common red pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7165219 entry