Biology:Pentila petreia
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Pentila petreia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Pentila |
| Species: | P. petreia
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| Binomial name | |
| Pentila petreia Hewitson, 1874[1]
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Pentila petreia, the common red pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, central Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and western Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.
Adults feed from extrafloral nectaries.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pentila petreia. |
- ↑ Pentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_pentilina.doc.
Wikidata ☰ Q7165219 entry
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