Pentila swynnertoni

Species of butterfly

Pentila swynnertoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pentila
Species:	P. swynnertoni
Binomial name
*Pentila swynnertoni* Stempffer & Bennett, 1961^[1]
Synonyms
Pentila tropicalis swynnertoni Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 Pentila amenaida f. swynnertoni Stevenson, 1940

Pentila swynnertoni, the Swynnerton's buff, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults have been recorded on wing in February.

The larvae feed on algae (cyanobacteria) growing on trees.

References

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^ Pentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-24.