Pentila maculata
| Pentila maculata |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Lycaenidae |
| Genus: |
Pentila |
| Species: |
P. maculata |
| Binomial name |
Pentila maculata
(Kirby, 1887)[1] |
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| Synonyms |
- Tingra maculata Kirby, 1887
- Pentila abraxas maculata
- Pentila yaunda Karsch, 1895
- Pentila hedwiga Suffert, 1904
- Pentila telesippe Grünberg, 1910
- Pentila elpinice Grünberg, 1910
- Pentila pardalena Druce, 1910
- Pentila abraxas pardalena
- Pentila abraxas ab. affixa Schultze, 1923
- Pentila subochracea Hawker-Smith, 1933
- Pentila abraxas subochracea
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Pentila maculata, the Multi-spot Pentila, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
- Pentila maculata maculata (Nigeria: from Lagos to the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
- Pentila maculata pardalena Druce, 1910 (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko and Mbini, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo: Mayumbe, Haut-Uele and Tshopo)
- Pentila maculata subochracea Hawker-Smith, 1933 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Sankuru, Tshopo, Bas-Uele and West Kivu)
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