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.
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)
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- ^ 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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