Pentila

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Pentila
Species: P. abraxas – P. alba – P. amenaida – P. amenaidoides – P. auga – P. bennetti – P. bitje – P. camerunica – P. carcassoni – P. christina – P. cloetensi – P. condamini – P. fallax – P. fidonioides – P. glagoessa – P. hewitsoni – P. inconspicua – P. landbecki – P. maculata – P. mesia – P. nero – P. nigeriana – P. occidentalium – P. pauli – P. petreia – P. petreoides – P. phidia – P. picena – P. preussi – P. pseudorotha – P. rogersi – P. rondo – P. rotha – P. subfuscata – P. swynnertoni – P. tachyroides – P. torrida – P. tropicalis – P. umangiana – P. umbra
Name

Pentila Westwood, [1851]

Type species: Tingra tropicalis Boisduval, 1847. ICZN Opinion 566, 1935.
Synonymy

Tingra Boisduval, 1847: 589. [Suppressed: ICZN Opinion 566].
Type-species: Tingra tropicalis Boisduval, by monotypy.

References

Boisduval, J.B. 1847. Catalogue des Lépidoptères recuillie par M. Delegorgue pendant les années 1838-1844 à Port-Natal, au pays de Amazoulous et dans la contrée de Massilicatzi. In: Delegorgue, M.A. Voyage dans l’Afrique australe 2: 585–602. Paris. Archive. Reference page.
Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.
Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page.

Links

Type images: RMCA.
Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Pentila Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.
Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20 (1959): 377–389. BHL.

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

Pentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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