Pentila umangiana
| Pentila umangiana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Pentila |
| Species: | P. umangiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pentila umangiana Aurivillius, 1898[1] | |
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Pentila umangiana is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Sudan and in Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
- Pentila umangiana umangiana (Democratic Republic of Congo: Mayumbe, Mongala, Bas-Uele, Tshopo, Ituri, Tshuapa, Equateur and Sankuru)
- Pentila umangiana connectens Hulstaert, 1924 (southern Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo: south-eastern Ituri, Tanzania: north-west to the Bukoba Region)
- Pentila umangiana fontainei Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Haut-Uele)
- Pentila umangiana meridionalis Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba and Lualaba, Zambia: Mwinilunga District)
- Pentila umangiana mpanda Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 (Tanzania: Mpanda district)
- Pentila umangiana prodita Schultze, 1923 (Nigeria, Cameroon and Congo)
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