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:
- Pentila abraxas <small>Westwood, 1852</small>
- Pentila alba <small>Dewitz, 1886</small>
- Pentila amenaida <small>Hewitson, 1873</small>
- Pentila amenaidoides <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Pentila auga <small>Karsch, 1895</small>
- Pentila bennetti <small>Collins & Larsen, 2003</small>
- Pentila bitje <small>Druce, 1910</small>
- Pentila camerunica <small>Stempffer & Bennett, 1961</small>
- Pentila carcassoni <small>Stempffer & Bennett, 1961</small>
- Pentila christina <small>Suffert, 1904</small>
- Pentila cloetensi <small>Aurivillius, 1898</small>
- Pentila condamini <small>Stempffer, 1963</small>
- Pentila fallax <small>Bethune-Baker, 1915</small>
- Pentila fidonioides <small>Schultze, 1923</small>
- Pentila glagoessa <small>(Holland, 1893)</small>
- Pentila hewitsoni <small>(Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1887)</small>
- Pentila inconspicua <small>Druce, 1910</small> â inconspicuous pentila
- Pentila landbecki <small>Stempffer & Bennett, 1961</small>
- Pentila maculata <small>(Kirby, 1887)</small>
- Pentila mesia <small>Hulstaert, 1924</small>
- Pentila nero <small>(Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)</small>
- Pentila nigeriana <small>Stempffer & Bennett, 1961</small>
- Pentila occidentalium <small>Aurivillius, 1899</small>
- Pentila pauli <small>Staudinger, 1888</small> â Paul's buff
- Pentila petreia <small>Hewitson, 1874</small>
- Pentila petreoides <small>Bethune-Baker, 1915</small>
- Pentila phidia <small>Hewitson, 1874</small>
- Pentila picena <small>Hewitson, 1874</small>
- Pentila preussi <small>Staudinger, 1888</small>
- Pentila pseudorotha <small>Stempffer & Bennett, 1961</small>
- Pentila rogersi <small>(Druce, 1907)</small> â Rogers' pentila
- Pentila rondo <small>Kielland, 1990</small>
- Pentila rotha <small>Hewitson, 1873</small>
- Pentila subfuscata <small>Hawker-Smith, 1933</small>
- Pentila swynnertoni <small>Stevenson, 1940</small>
- Pentila tachyroides <small>Dewitz, 1879</small> â mylothrid pentila
- Pentila torrida <small>(Kirby, 1887)</small>
- Pentila tropicalis <small>(Boisduval, 1847)</small> â tropical pentila, spotted buff
- Pentila umangiana <small>Aurivillius, 1898</small>
- Pentila umbra <small>Holland, 1892</small>
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