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''Pentila pauli'', Paul’s Buff; Paul’s Pentila or Spotted Pentila, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina )〕 The habitat consists of deciduous woodland and forest margins. The larvae feed on very dark, blue-green (black) algae (Cyanophyta) growing on tree trunks. ==Subspecies== *''Pentila pauli pauli'' (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, western Cameroon) *''Pentila pauli abri'' Collins & Larsen, 2001 (south-eastern Senegal, western Guinea) *''Pentila pauli alberta'' Hulstaert, 1924 (western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: Tanganika) *''Pentila pauli benguellana'' Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 (Angola: Benguella and Bihe districts) *''Pentila pauli clarensis'' Neave, 1903 (Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania) *''Pentila pauli dama'' (Suffert, 1904) (southern coast of Tanzania) *''Pentila pauli elisabetha'' Hulstaert, 1924 (northern and western Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, Sankuru, Kasai and Maniema) *''Pentila pauli leopardina'' Schultze, 1923 (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo: Cataractes, Kinshasa, Equateur, Tshuapa and Mongala) *''Pentila pauli multiplagata'' Bethune-Baker, 1908 (southern Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele, Ituri, Tshopo and North Kivu) *''Pentila pauli nyassana'' Aurivillius, 1899 (Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia: east of the Luangwa Valley) *''Pentila pauli obsoleta'' Hawker-Smith, 1933 (Zimbabwe: Lomagundi district to the southern bank of the Zambezi River and the Victoria Falls, as well as Dichwe, Zambia) *''Pentila pauli ras'' Talbot, 1935 (south-western Ethiopia) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pentila pauli」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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