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 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms 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 Pentila umangiana Aurivillius, 1898 Pentila umbra Holland, 1892
References
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 63 and 64