Pentila cloetensi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are on wing in November and December.
Subspecies
- P. c. cloetensi (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Bas-Uele, Equateur, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba)
- P. c. albida <small>Hawker-Smith, 1933</small> (Uganda: forested areas except the Bwamba Valley, north-western Tanzania)
- P. c. aspasia <small>Grünberg, 1910</small> (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea)
- P. c. catauga <small>Rebel, 1914</small> (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Haut-Uele, Ituri and North Kivu, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley)
- P. c. latefasciata <small>Stempffer & Bennett, 1961</small> (Democratic Republic of the Congo: North Kivu and Maniema)
- P. c. lucayensis <small>Schultze, 1923</small> (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa)
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