Pentila abraxas

Pentila abraxas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pentila
Species: P. abraxas
Binomial name
Pentila abraxas
(Westwood, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
  • Liptena abraxas Westwood, 1851
  • Pentila tripunctata Aurivillius, 1895

Pentila abraxas, the three-dot pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and western Ivory Coast.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

  1. ↑ Pentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina


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