Pentila cloetensi

Pentila cloetensi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pentila
Species:	P. cloetensi
Binomial name
	Pentila cloetensi; Aurivillius, 1898
Synonyms
	Pentila elfrieda Suffert, 1904; Pentila aspasia albida Hawker-Smith, 1933; Pentila cloetensi ab. elfriedana Strand, 1918; Pentila aspasia Grünberg, 1910; Pentila catauga Rebel, 1914; Pentila auga congoensis Joicey and Talbot, 1921; Pentila cloetensi ueleensis Stempffer and Bennett, 1961; Pentila cloetensi ab. latefascia Dufrane, 1953; Pentila lucayensis Schultze, 1923;

Pentila cloetensi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing in November and December.

Subspecies

P. c. cloetensi (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Bas-Uele, Equateur, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba)
P. c. albida Hawker-Smith, 1933 (Uganda: forested areas except the Bwamba Valley, north-western Tanzania)
P. c. aspasia Grünberg, 1910 (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea)
P. c. catauga Rebel, 1914 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Haut-Uele, Ituri and North Kivu, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley)
P. c. latefasciata Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: North Kivu and Maniema)
P. c. lucayensis Schultze, 1923 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa)

^ 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.