Pentila glagoessa

Species of butterfly

Pentila glagoessa

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pentila
Species:	P. glagoessa
Binomial name
*Pentila glagoessa* (Holland, 1893)^[1]
Synonyms
Tingra glagoessa Holland, 1893

Pentila glagoessa, the immaculate cream pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern and southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Haut-Uele, Tshopo, Equateur and Sankuru) and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults resemble day-flying cream moths.

References

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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 2012-09-23.