Pentila cloetensi

Pentila cloetensi

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pentila
Species:	P. cloetensi
Binomial name
*Pentila cloetensi* Aurivillius, 1898^[1]
Synonyms
Pentila elfrieda Suffert, 1904 Pentila aspasia albida Hawker-Smith, 1933 Pentila cloetensi ab. elfriedana Strand, 1918 Pentila aspasia Grünberg, 1910 Pentila catauga Rebel, 1914 Pentila auga congoensis Joicey and Talbot, 1921 Pentila cloetensi ueleensis Stempffer and Bennett, 1961 Pentila cloetensi ab. latefascia Dufrane, 1953 Pentila lucayensis Schultze, 1923

Pentila cloetensi is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing in November and December.

Subspecies

P. c. cloetensi (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Bas-Uele, Equateur, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba)
P. c. albida Hawker-Smith, 1933 (Uganda: forested areas except the Bwamba Valley, north-western Tanzania)
P. c. aspasia Grünberg, 1910 (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea)
P. c. catauga Rebel, 1914 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Haut-Uele, Ituri and North Kivu, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley)
P. c. latefasciata Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: North Kivu and Maniema)
P. c. lucayensis Schultze, 1923 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pentila cloetensi.

Wikispecies has information related to: Pentila cloetensi

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.