Biology:Pentila glagoessa
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Pentila glagoessa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pentila |
Species: | P. glagoessa
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Binomial name | |
Pentila glagoessa (Holland, 1893)[1]
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Pentila glagoessa, the immaculate cream pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern and southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Haut-Uele, Tshopo, Equateur and Sankuru) and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults resemble day-flying cream moths.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pentila glagoessa. |
- ↑ Pentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_pentilina.doc.
Wikidata ☰ Q7165211 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentila glagoessa.
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