Pentila cloetensi

Pentila cloetensi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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.

Pentila cloetensi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Pentila
Species:
P. cloetensi
Binomial name
Pentila cloetensi
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

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)

References
  1. Pentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-22.


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