''Pentila'' is a genus of

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, commonly called pentilas or buffs, in the family

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. The species of this genus are

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to the

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. For other butterflies called buffs, see genus ''

Baliochila ''Baliochila'' is a genus of butterflies, commonly called buffs, in the family Lycaenidae. They are found only in the Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, ...

''.

Species

Listed alphabetically: *'' 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
* * Pentila Taxa named by John O. Westwood Lycaenidae genera {{Poritiinae-stub