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Common Dots
Micropentila adelgitha
Micropentila adelgitha, the common dots, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri). The habitat consists of primary forests.
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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 149545.