Pentila inconspicua
Appearance
Pentila inconspicua | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pentila |
Species: | P. inconspicua
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Binomial name | |
Pentila inconspicua H. H. Druce, 1910[1]
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Pentila inconspicua, the inconspicuous pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in southern Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mongala, Haut-Uele, Ituri, North Kivu, Tshopo, Equateur, Kinshasa, Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya and Tanzania (west to Kigoma and bordering areas of Mpanda).[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
References
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- ^ Savela, Markku (September 4, 2018). "Pentila inconspicua Druce, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-22.