Pentila glagoessa

Pentila glagoessa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pentila
Species: P. glagoessa
Binomial name
Pentila glagoessa
(Holland, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tingra glagoessa Holland, 1893

Pentila glagoessa, the Immaculate Cream Pentila, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in eastern and southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Haut-Uele, Tshopo, Equateur and Sankuru) and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults resemble day-flying cream moths.

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