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Micropentila adelgunda

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Species of butterfly

Micropentila adelgunda
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Micropentila
Species: M. adelgunda
Binomial name
Micropentila adelgunda
(Staudinger, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Teriomima adelgunda Staudinger, 1892

Micropentila adelgunda, the large dots, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and possibly Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa). The habitat consists of primary forests.

References

  1. Micropentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina
Taxon identifiers
Micropentila adelgunda
Teriomima adelgunda


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