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Micropentila
Micropentila is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropics.
34 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Dots
speciesMicropentila adelgitha
Micropentila cingulum
speciesMicropentila cingulum
Micropentila bitjeana
speciesMicropentila bitjeana
Micropentila dorothea
speciesMicropentila dorothea
Banded Dots
speciesMicropentila fuscula
Ogoja Dots
speciesMicropentila ogojae
Rare Brown Dots
speciesMicropentila flavopunctata
Micropentila bunyoro
speciesMicropentila bunyoro
Micropentila ugandae
speciesMicropentila ugandae
Micropentila triangularis
speciesMicropentila triangularis
Micropentila catocala
speciesMicropentila catocala
Micropentila katangana
speciesMicropentila katangana
Micropentila sankuru
speciesMicropentila sankuru
Micropentila brunnea
speciesMicropentila brunnea
Micropentila bakotae
speciesMicropentila bakotae
Micropentila alberta
speciesMicropentila alberta
Micropentila jacksoni
speciesMicropentila jacksoni
Micropentila gabunica
speciesMicropentila gabunica
Micropentila fontainei
speciesMicropentila fontainei
Micropentila cherereti
speciesMicropentila cherereti
Nigerian Dots
speciesMicropentila nigeriana
Micropentila mpigi
speciesMicropentila mpigi
Ghana Dots
speciesMicropentila mamfe
Sierra Leone Dots
speciesMicropentila mabangi
Micropentila kelleana
speciesMicropentila kelleana
Micropentila katerae
speciesMicropentila katerae
Micropentila souanke
speciesMicropentila souanke
Micropentila subplagata
speciesMicropentila subplagata
Micropentila villiersi
speciesMicropentila villiersi
Micropentila victoriae
speciesMicropentila victoriae
Micropentila mwagensis
speciesMicropentila mwagensis
Micropentila mukanirwai
speciesMicropentila mukanirwai
Micropentila galenides
speciesMicropentila galenides
Large Dots
speciesMicropentila adelgunda
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Micropentila in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 149093.