Pentila hewitsoni

Pentila hewitsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pentila
Species:	P. hewitsoni
Binomial name
	Pentila hewitsoni; (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
	Tingra hewitsoni Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1887; Tingra laura Kirby, 1890; Pentila laura; Tingra limbata Holland, 1893;

Pentila hewitsoni, the Hewitson's cream pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of deep forests.

Adults are attracted to Marantochloa tendrils, feeding from extrafloral nectaries.

Subspecies

Pentila hewitsoni hewitsoni (Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria)
Pentila hewitsoni limbata (Holland, 1893) (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala)

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

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