Pentila pauli

Pentila pauli
Pentila pauli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pentila
Species: P. pauli
Binomial name
Pentila pauli
Staudinger, 1888[1]
Synonyms
  • Pentila radiata Lathy, 1903
  • Pentila multipunctata Lathy, 1903
  • Pentila nyassana alberta Hulstaert, 1924
  • Pentila nyassana benguellana Stempffer and Bennett, 1961
  • Pentila clarensis Neave, 1903
  • Pentila nyassana elisabetha Hulstaert, 1924
  • Pentila nyassana elisabetha ab. nigribasis Hulstaert, 1924
  • Pentila leopardina Schultze, 1923
  • Pentila multiplagata Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Pentila amenaida var. nyassana Aurivillius, 1899
  • Pentila amenaida daina Suffert, 1904
  • Pentila amenaida f. amenaidana Strand, 1911
  • Pentila nyassana obsoleta Hawker-Smith, 1933
  • Pentila nyassana obsoleta var. cataractae Stevenson, 1940
  • Pentila nyassana ras Talbot, 1935

Pentila pauli, Paul’s Buff; Paul’s Pentila or Spotted Pentila, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of deciduous woodland and forest margins.

The larvae feed on very dark, blue-green (black) algae (Cyanophyta) growing on tree trunks.

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References

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