Pentila Explained

Pentila is a genus of butterflies, commonly called pentilas or buffs, in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropics. For other butterflies called buffs, see genus Baliochila.

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[1]

• Pentila abraxas Westwood, 1852
• Pentila alba Dewitz, 1886
• Pentila amenaida Hewitson, 1873
• Pentila amenaidoides (Holland, 1893)
• Pentila auga Karsch, 1895
• Pentila bennetti Collins & Larsen, 2003
• Pentila bitje Druce, 1910
• Pentila camerunica Stempffer & Bennett, 1961
• Pentila carcassoni Stempffer & Bennett, 1961
• Pentila christina Suffert, 1904
• Pentila cloetensi Aurivillius, 1898
• Pentila condamini Stempffer, 1963
• Pentila fallax Bethune-Baker, 1915
• Pentila fidonioides Schultze, 1923
• Pentila glagoessa (Holland, 1893)
• Pentila hewitsoni (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1887)
• Pentila inconspicua Druce, 1910 – inconspicuous pentila
• Pentila landbecki Stempffer & Bennett, 1961
• Pentila maculata (Kirby, 1887)
• Pentila mesia Hulstaert, 1924
• Pentila nero (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
• Pentila nigeriana Stempffer & Bennett, 1961
• Pentila occidentalium Aurivillius, 1899
• Pentila pauli Staudinger, 1888 – Paul's buff
• Pentila petreia Hewitson, 1874
• Pentila petreoides Bethune-Baker, 1915
• Pentila phidia Hewitson, 1874
• Pentila picena Hewitson, 1874
• Pentila preussi Staudinger, 1888
• Pentila pseudorotha Stempffer & Bennett, 1961
• Pentila rogersi (Druce, 1907) – Rogers' pentila
• Pentila rondo Kielland, 1990
• Pentila rotha Hewitson, 1873
• Pentila subfuscata Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Pentila swynnertoni Stevenson, 1940
• Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879 – mylothrid pentila
• Pentila torrida (Kirby, 1887)
• Pentila tropicalis (Boisduval, 1847) – tropical pentila, spotted buff^[2]
• Pentila umangiana Aurivillius, 1898
• Pentila umbra Holland, 1892

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 63 and 64

Notes and References

1. http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/poritiinae/pentila/index.html Pentila
2. Book: Woodhall, Steve . Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa . 2005 . Cape Town, South Africa . Struik . 978-1-86872-724-7 .