Pentila hewitsoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pentila |
Species: | P. hewitsoni
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Binomial name | |
Pentila hewitsoni | |
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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.
Pentila hewitsoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pentila |
Species: | P. hewitsoni
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Binomial name | |
Pentila hewitsoni | |
Synonyms | |
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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.