Pentila picena explained

Pentila picena, the western cream pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria and possibly Cameroon (the Obudu area).^[1] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults feed on extrafloral nectaries on tendrils, including bamboo nectaries.

Subspecies

• Pentila picena picena (Ivory Coast, Ghana)
• Pentila picena catori Bethune-Baker, 1906 (central Nigeria)
• Pentila picena cydaria (Grose-Smith, 1898) (Ghana, southern and western Nigeria)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina . 2012-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202095926/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_pentilina.doc . 2014-02-02 . dead .