Pentila umangiana is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Sudan and in Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Pentila umangiana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pentila
Species:
P. umangiana
Binomial name
Pentila umangiana
Synonyms
  • Pentila petreia connectens Hulstaert, 1924
  • Pentila prodita Schultze, 1923

Subspecies

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  • P. u. umangiana (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mayumbe, Mongala, Bas-Uele, Tshopo, Ituri, Tshuapa, Equateur and Sankuru)
  • P. u. connectens Hulstaert, 1924 (southern Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: south-eastern Ituri, Tanzania: north-west to the Bukoba Region)
  • P. u. fontainei Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Haut-Uele)
  • P. u. meridionalis Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba and Lualaba, Zambia: Mwinilunga District)
  • P. u. mpanda Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 (Tanzania: Mpanda district)
  • P. u. prodita Schultze, 1923 (Nigeria, Cameroon and Congo)

References

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  1. ^ Pentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-24.