Pentila inconspicua

Pentila inconspicua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pentila
Species: P. inconspicua
Binomial name
Pentila inconspicua
Druce, 1910[1]

Pentila inconspicua, the inconspicuous pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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

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


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