Pentila rogersi
Pentila rogersi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pentila |
Species: | P. rogersi |
Binomial name | |
Pentila rogersi (H. H. Druce, 1907)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Pentila rogersi, or Rogers' pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1907. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of coastal forests and lowland forests at altitudes ranging from sea level to 900 metres.
Subspecies
[edit]- Pentila rogersi rogersi (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania)
- Pentila rogersi parapetreia Rebel, 1908 (Tanzania: north-east to the Uluguru and Usambara mountains)
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku (September 4, 2018). "Pentila rogersi (Druce, 1907)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-24.