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Pentila Westwood, [1851]

Pentila
Pentila Westwood, [1851]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): pl. 76, f. 6, TS: Tingra tropicalis Boisduval
Tingra Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 589 [Opinion Nr. 566], TS: Tingra tropicalis Boisduval
Liptenara (Pentilini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 423
Pentila (Pentilina) ; [AfrL]

Pentila tropicalis (Boisduval, 1847)

-. See [About maps] Tropical Pentila
Tingra tropicalis Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 589
Pentila lasti Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889²; [BK, [dry season variation]]
Pentila tropicalis ; Hewitson, 1866, Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Pentila & Liptena): [65], pl. [33], f. 1-2; [BK: 157, pl. 12, f. 120]; [AfrL]

Larva on (Tree Lichen) [PBSA]

P. t. tropicalis

Natal, Zululand, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Zambia, Malawi Pentila tropicalis tropicalis ; [BAFR, 416]; [AfrL]

P. t. mombasae (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)

coastal forests (E.Kenya, E.Tanzania) Pentila tropicalis mombasae ; [BAFR, 416]; [BK, 157 (note)]; [AfrL]

P. t. chyulu van Someren, 1939

SE.Kenya (Chyulu Hills) Pentila tropicalis chyulu ; [BAFR, 416 (text)]; [BK, 157 (note)]; [AfrL]

P. t. fuscipunctata Henning & Henning, 1994

Pentila tropicalis fuscipunctata ; [AfrL]

Pentila pauli Staudinger, 1888

Senegal - Ethiopia, W.Kenya - Zimbabwe. See [About maps] Pentila pauli ; [BAFR, 417]; [AfrL]

P. p. pauli

Pentila pauli pauli ; [AfrL]

P. p. nyassana Aurivillius, 1899

Pentila pauli nyassana ; [AfrL]

P. p. clarensis Neave, 1903

Uganda Spotted Pentila Paul's Buff
Pentila clarensis Neave, 1903; Ent. mon. Mag. 39 : 136, TL: Toro Uganda
?clavensis[sic] ; [BAFR, 417 (note)]
Pentila pauli clarensis ; [BK: 157, pl. 12, f. 119]; [AfrL]

P. p. dama Suffert, 1904

Pentila amenaida dama Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 46, TL: Lindi-Massasi
Pentila pauli dama ; [AfrL]

P. p. multiplagata Bethune-Baker, 1908

Pentila pauli multiplagata ; [AfrL]

P. p. benguellana Stempffer & Bennett, 1961

Pentila pauli benguellana ; [AfrL]

P. p. leopardina Schultze, 1923

Pentila pauli leopardina ; [AfrL]

P. p. elisabetha Hulstaert, 1924

Pentila pauli elisabetha ; [AfrL]

P. p. alberta Hulstaert, 1924

Pentila pauli alberta ; [AfrL]

P. p. obsoleta Hawker-Smith, 1933

Victoria Falls Pentila nyassana obsoleta Hawker-Smith, 1933; Stylops 2: 3
Pentila pauli obsoleta ; [AfrL]

P. p. ras Talbot, 1935

Pentila pauli ras ; [AfrL]

Pentila amenaida Hewitson, 1873

Angola. See [About maps] Pentila amenaida Hewitson, 1873; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Pentila & Liptena II): [67], pl. [34], f. 4-7, TL: Angola
Pentila amenaida ; [BAFR, 417]; [AfrL]

Pentila nero (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)

Zaire. See [About maps] Pentila nero ; [BAFR, 417]; [AfrL]

Pentila fidonioides Schultze, 1923

S.Cameroun. See [About maps] Pentila fidonioides ; [BAFR, 417]; [AfrL]

Pentila mesia Hulstaert, 1924

S.Cameroun (Ja R.). See [About maps] Pentila mesia ; [BAFR, 418]; [AfrL]

Pentila amenaidoides (Holland, 1893)

S.Cameroun, N.Zaire. See [About maps] Pentila amenaidoides ; [BAFR, 418]; [AfrL]

Pentila rotha Hewitson, 1873

-. See [About maps] Pentila rotha Hewitson, 1873; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Pentila & Liptena II): [67], pl. [34], f. 8-9, TL: Gaboon
Pentila rotha ; [AfrL]

P. r. rotha

Gabon, Congo Republic Pentila rotha rotha ; [BAFR, 418 (text)]; [AfrL]

P. r. marianna Suffert, 1904

Cameroun Pentila marianna Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 43, TL: Barombi Station; Bipindi; Ebea, Camerun
Pentila rotha marianna ; [BAFR, 418]; [AfrL]

Pentila pseudorotha Stempffer & Bennett, 1961

Nigeria, Cameroun. See [About maps] Pentila pseudorotha ; [BAFR, 418]; [AfrL]

Pentila umbra Holland, 1892

Gabon. See [About maps] Pentila umbra Holland, 1892; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 10 (58) : 285, TL: Upper valley of the Ogové
Pentila umbra ; [BAFR, 418 (text, form or rotha?)]; [AfrL]

Pentila petreoides Bethune-Baker, 1915

Ghana - Liberia, Guinea. See [About maps] Pentila petreoides ; [BAFR, 418]; [AfrL]

Pentila fallax Bethune-Baker, 1915

S.Cameroun, Congo Republic. See [About maps] Pentila fallax ; [BAFR, 418]; [AfrL]

Pentila umangiana Aurivillius, 1898

-. See [About maps] Pentila umangiana Aurivillius, 1898; Ent. Tidskr. 19 : 181, TL: Congo, Umangi
Pentila umangiana ; [AfrL]

P. u. umangiana

N.Zaire, C.Zaire Pentila umangiana umangiana ; [BAFR, 418 (text)]; [AfrL]

P. u. prodita Schultze, 1923

SE.Cameroun, Congo Republic Pentila umangiana prodita ; [BAFR, 418]; [AfrL]

P. u. connectens Hulstaert, 1924

Uganda, S.Sudan, E.Zaire, SE.Zaire, NW.Tanzania Pentila umangiana connectens ; [BAFR, 418]; [AfrL]

P. u. fontainei Stempffer & Bennett, 1961

N.Zaire (Uèle region) Pentila umangiana fontainei ; [BAFR, 418 (text)]; [AfrL]

P. u. meridionalis Berger, 1981

Pentila umangiana meridionalis ; [AfrL]

P. u. mpanda Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998

Pentila umangiana mpanda ; [AfrL]

Pentila occidentalium Aurivillius, 1899

-. See [About maps] ?Pentila occidentalium immaculata Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 46, TL: Victoria; Barombi-Sation, Camerun
Pentila occidentalium ; [AfrL]

P. o. occidentalium

S.Nigeria, Cameroun Pentila occidentalium occidentalium ; [BAFR, 418]; [AfrL]

P. o. gabunica Stempffer & Bennett, 1961

Gabon, Equatorial Guinea Pentila occidentalium gabonica ; [BAFR, 419 (text)]
Pentila occidentalium gabunica ; [AfrL]

Pentila nigeriana Stempffer & Bennett, 1961

S.Nigeria. See [About maps] Pentila nigeriana ; [BAFR, 419]; [AfrL]

Pentila inconspicua Druce, 1910

Cameroun - Tanzania, W.Kenya. See [About maps] Inconspicuous Pentila
Pentila inconspicua Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 357, pl. 33, f. 3, TL: Upper Kasai distr., Congo Free State, Uganda
Pentila inconspicua ; [BAFR, 419]; [BK: 157, pl. 12, f. 121]; [AfrL]

Pentila carcassoni Stempffer & Bennett, 1961

N.Malawi. See [About maps] Pentila carcassoni ; [BAFR, 419]; [AfrL]

Pentila landbecki Stempffer & Bennett, 1961

C.Zaire, S.Zaire. See [About maps] Pentila landbecki ; [BAFR, 419]; [AfrL]

Pentila petreia Hewitson, 1874

Nigeria - Liberia. See [About maps] Pentila petreia ; [AfrL]; [BAFR, 419]

Pentila preussi Staudinger, 1888

-. See [About maps] ?Pseuderesia paucipunctata Kirby, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (33) : 263, TL: Cameroons

= ; [NHM]

Pentila preussi ; [AfrL]

P. p. preussi

Sierra Leone - Ivory Coast Pentila preussi preussi ; [BAFR, 419]; [AfrL]

P. p. fayei Stempffer, 1963

Senegal Pentila preussi fayei ; [BAFR, 419 (text)]; [AfrL]

Pentila subfuscata Hawker-Smith, 1933

S.Zaire. See [About maps] Pentila subfuscata Hawker-Smith, 1933; Stylops 2: 3
?Pentila subfasciata[?] ; [BAFR, 419]
Pentila subfuscata ; [AfrL]

Pentila rogersi (Druce, 1907)

-. See [About maps] Rogers' Pentila
Telipna rogersi ; auct.
Pentila rogersi ; [AfrL]

P. r. rogersi

coastal (E.Kenya, E.Tanzania) Pentila rogersi rogersi ; [BAFR, 419]; [BK: 158, pl. 12, f. 122]; [AfrL]

P. r. parapetreia Rebel, 1908

Tanzania (Uluguru, Usambara) Pentila rogersi parapetreia ; [BAFR, 419]; [BK, 158 (note)]; [AfrL]

Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879

Ivory Coast - Cameroun, Angola, W.Kenya. See [About maps] Mylothrid Pentila
Pentila tachyroides Dewitz, 1879; Nova Acta Leop. Carol. (2) 41 (2) : 29, pl. 2, f. 5
Pentila tochyroides[sic] roidesta Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 47, TL: Johann Albrechthöhe, N.Camerun
Pentila tachyroides ; [BAFR, 420]; [AfrL]

P. t. tachyroides

Pentila tachyroides tachyroides ; [BK: 158, pl. 12, f. 123]; [AfrL]

P. t. isiro Berger, 1981

Pentila tachyroides isiro ; [AfrL]

Pentila picena Hewitson, 1874

-. See [About maps] Pentila picena ; [AfrL]

P. p. picena

Ghana - Ivory Coast Pentila picena picena ; [BAFR, 420 (text)]; [AfrL]

P. p. cydaria (Grose-Smith, 1898)

S.Nigeria, W.Nigeria - Ghana Pentila picena cydaria ; [BAFR, 420]; [AfrL]

P. p. catori Bethune-Baker, 1906

C.Nigeria (Kabba) Pentila picena catori ; [BAFR, 420 (text)]; [AfrL]

Pentila abraxas Westwood, 1852

-. See [About maps] Pentila abraxas var. Hewitson, 1873; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Pentila & Liptena II): [67], pl. [34], f. 10
Pentila abraxas ; [AfrL]

P. a. abraxas

Togo, Ghana - Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea Pentila abraxas abraxas ; [BAFR, 420 (text)]

Pentila phidia Hewitson, 1874

Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Togo. See [About maps] Pentila abraxas phidia ; [BAFR, 420]
Pentila phidia ; [AfrL]

Pentila maculata (Kirby, 1887)

-. See [About maps] Tingra maculata Kirby, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (113) : 363, TL: Cameroons
Pentila maculata ; [AfrL]

P. m. maculata

Nigeria, Cameroun, Congo Republic, Gabon Pentila abraxas maculana[sic?] ; [BAFR, 420]
Pentila maculata maculata ; [AfrL]

P. m. pardalena Druce, 1910

S.Nigeria, Cameroun, S.Zaire Pentila pardalena Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 357, pl. 33, f. 1, TL: Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons
Pentila abraxas pardalena ; [BAFR, 420]
Pentila maculata pardalena ; [AfrL]

P. m. subochracea Hawker-Smith, 1933

S.Zaire, C.Zaire Pentila abraxas subochracea ; [BAFR, 420 (text)]
Pentila maculata subochracea ; [AfrL]

Pentila cloetensi Aurivillius, 1898

-. See [About maps] Pentila cloetensi ; [AfrL]

P. c. cloetensi

S.Zaire Pentila cloetensi cloetensi ; [BAFR, 420]; [AfrL]

P. c. catauga Rebel, 1914

NE.Zaire Pentila cloetensi catanga ; [BAFR, 420]
Pentila cloetensi catauga ; [AfrL]

P. c. aspasia Grünberg, 1910

S.Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic, Equatorial Guinea Pentila cloetensi aspasia ; [BAFR, 420]; [AfrL]

P. c. albida Hawker-Smith, 1933

Uganda (not Bwamba Valley) Pentila cloetensi albida ; [BAFR, 421]; [AfrL]

P. c. lucayensis Schultze, 1923

W.Zaire Pentila cloetensi lucayensis ; [BAFR, 421 (text)]; [AfrL]

P. c. latefasciata Stempffer & Bennett, 1961

Pentila cloetensi latefasciata ; [AfrL]

?P. c. ueleensis Stempffer & Bennett

N.Zaire (Uèle) Pentila cloetensi ueleensis ; [BAFR, 420 (text)]

Pentila christina Suffert, 1904

Cameroun, Congo Republic, E.Zaire. See [About maps] Pentila christina Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 45, TL: Bipinde, Camerun
Pentila christina ; [BAFR, 421]; [AfrL]

Pentila camerunica Stempffer & Bennett, 1961

S.Cameroun, S.Nigeria. See [About maps] Pentila camerunica ; [BAFR, 421]; [AfrL]

Pentila auga Karsch, 1895

S.Cameroun. See [About maps] ?Pentila auga congoensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 81, pl. 14, f. 51, TL: Itoa River, Ituri Forest
Pentila auga ; [BAFR, 421]; [AfrL]

Pentila hewitsoni (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1887)

Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, N.Zaire (Ubangi R.). See [About maps] Pentila hewitsoni ; [BAFR, 421]; [AfrL]

P. h. hewitsoni

Pentila hewitsoni hewitsoni ; [AfrL]

P. h. limbata (Holland, 1893)

Pentila hewitsoni limbata ; [AfrL]

Pentila bitje Druce, 1910

S.Cameroun, Congo Republic, Equatorial Guinea. See [About maps] Pentila bitje Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 358, pl. 33, f. 5, TL: Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons
Pentila bitje ; [BAFR, 421]; [AfrL]

Pentila alba Dewitz, 1886

Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps] Pentila alba ; [BAFR, 421]; [AfrL]

Pentila glagoessa (Holland, 1893)

Nigeria, Gabon, Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps] glagoessa (Holland, 1893) (Tingra); 22, pl. 1, f. 4
Pentila glagoessa ; [BAFR, 421]; [AfrL]

Pentila torrida (Kirby, 1887)

Gabon, Kuilu (mouth of Zaire R.). See [About maps] Tingra torrida Kirby, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (113) : 364, TL: Gaboon
Pentila torrida ; [BAFR, 421]; [AfrL]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[AfrL]

Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams

[BAFR]

D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[BK]

Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[PBSA]

Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Aurivillius, 1898

Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika Ent. Tidskr. 19 : 177-186

Boisduval, 1847

Catalogue des Lépidoptères recuellis par M. Delegorgue, 1833-1844 in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 585-614

Butler, 1888

On the Lepidoptera received from Dr. Emin Pascha [from Equatorial Africa] Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888 : 56-85

Dewitz, 1879

Afrikanische Tagschmetterlinge Nova Acta Leop. Carol. (2) 41 (2) : 173-210, [1-38], pl. 25-26, [1-2]

Westwood, [1851]

The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), (1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), (1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848), (1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (1): 243-250 [?], (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), (2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), (2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)

Druce, 1910

Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 356-378, pl. 33-35

Eliot, 1973

The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6

Hewitson, 1866; Hewitson, 1873

Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [5] : (Systematic Index) V, (Anteros): [1-2], pl. [1] (1867), (Erycina & Necyria): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870), (Erycina Symmachia &c): [5-6], pl. [3] (1875), (Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7-8], pl. [4] (1872), (Calydna): [9-10], pl. [5] (1854), (Calydna II): [11-12], pl. [6] (1859), (Theope): [13-14], pl. [7] (1860), (Symmachia): [15-16], pl. [8] (1867), (Symmachia & Charis II): [17-18], pl. [9] (1871), (Charis): [19-20], pl. [10] (1866), (Emesis): [21-22], pl. [11] (1872), (Nymphidium I): [23-24], pl. [12] (1853), (Nymphidium II-III): [25-28], pl. [13-14] (1865), (Nymphidium IV): [29-30], pl. [15] (1871), (Lemonias I): [31-32], pl. [16] (1853), (Lemonias II): [33-34], pl. [17] (1858), (Lemonias III-IV): [35-38], pl. [18-19] (1863), (Lemonias V): [39-40], pl. [20] (1872), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [41-42], pl. [21] (1875), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [43-44], pl. [22] (1874), (Pachythone & Cremna): [45-46], pl. [23] (1873), (Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47-48], pl. [24] (1870), (Limnas I-II): [49-52], pl. [25-26] (1853), (Limnas & Panara): [53-54], pl. [27] (1875), (Limnas &c): [55-56], pl. [28] (1876), (Limnas & Ithomeis): [57-58], pl. [29] (1870), (Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59-60], pl. [30] (1871), (Hermathena &c): [61-62], pl. [31] (1875), (Ogyris): [63-64], pl. [32] (1853), (Pentila & Liptena): [65-66], pl. [33] (1866), (Pentila & Liptena II): [67-68], pl. [34] (1873), (Lycaena): [69-70], pl. [35] (1876), (Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71-74], pl. [36-37] (1857), (Pyrrhopyga): [75-76], pl. [38] (1869), (Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77-80], pl. [39-40] (1871), (Pyrrhopyga IV): [81-82], pl. [41] (1873), (Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83-84], pl. [42] (1875), (Ismene I-II): [85-88], pl. [43-44] (1867), (Eudamus): [89-90], pl. [45] (1873), (Eudamus II-III): [91-94], pl. [46-47] (1875), (Chaetocneme): [95-96], pl. [48] (1874), (Hesperia I-II): [97-100], pl. [49-50] (1867), (Hesperia III): [101-102], pl. [51] (1868), (Hesperia IV): [103-104], pl. [52] (1869), (Hesperia V): [105-106], pl. [53] (1872), (Hesperia V*-VI): [107-110], pl. [54-55] (1873), (Hesperia VII): [111-112], pl. [56] (1876), (Leucochitonea): [113-114], pl. [57] (1869), (Leucochitonea II): [115-116], pl. [58] (1875), (Pterygospidea): [117-118], pl. [59] (1873), (Cyclopides): [119-120], pl. [60] (1874), (Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121-122], pl. [61] (1874)

Holland, 1892

Descriptions of some new Species of African Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 10 (58) : 284-294

Joicey & Talbot, 1921

New Lepidoptera Collected by Mr. T. A. Barns, in East Central Africa. New Forms of Rhopalocera Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 44-118, pl. 5-16

Kirby, 1887

Descriptions of new Species of Papilionidae, Pieridae, and _Lycaenidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (113) : 360-369

Kirby, 1890

Descriptions of new Species of African Lycaenidae, chiefly from the Collections of Dr Staudinger and Mr Henley Grose Smith Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (33) : 261-274

Neave, 1903

A new species of Lycaenid from Uganda and lake Victoria Nyanza Ent. mon. Mag. 39 : 136-138

Stevenson, 1940

Notes on some new and rare Lepidoptera from South Africa, with special reference to Southern Rhodesia J. ent. Soc. sth. Afr. 3: 88-108, 3pls

Suffert, 1904

Neue afrikansche Tagfalter aus dem kön. zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 12-107, pl.

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