Pentila hewitsoni
| Pentila hewitsoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Pentila |
| Species: | P. hewitsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Pentila hewitsoni (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1887)[1] | |
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Pentila hewitsoni, Hewitson’s Cream Pentila, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of deep forests.
Adults are attracted to Marantochloa tendrils, feeding from extra-floral 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 Congo: Mongala)
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