Pentila maculata

Pentila maculata, the multi-spot pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Pentila maculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pentila
Species:	P. maculata
Binomial name
Pentila maculata (Kirby, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
Tingra maculata Kirby, 1887 Pentila abraxas maculata Pentila yaunda Karsch, 1895 Pentila hedwiga Suffert, 1904 Pentila telesippe Grünberg, 1910 Pentila elpinice Grünberg, 1910 Pentila pardalena Druce, 1910 Pentila abraxas pardalena Pentila abraxas ab. affixa Schultze, 1923 Pentila subochracea Hawker-Smith, 1933 Pentila abraxas subochracea

Subspecies

• Pentila maculata maculata (Nigeria: from Lagos to the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
• Pentila maculata pardalena Druce, 1910 (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko and Mbini, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mayumbe, Haut-Uele and Tshopo)
• Pentila maculata subochracea Hawker-Smith, 1933 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sankuru, Tshopo, Bas-Uele and West Kivu)

References

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