. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. GENERA OF AFRICAN LYCAENIDAE Genus PENTILA Westvvood '5 Pentila Westwood, 1851, Genera Diurnal Lepidoptera, pi. 76 ; Aurivillius, 1898 : 258, 1914 : 303 ; Murray, 1935 : 52 ; Swanepoel, 1953 : 191. Type-species : Tingra tropicalis Boisduval. 1847 ; 1935 : Opinion 566. Head small, vertex bearing adpressed hairs ; eyes large and naked ; palpi very small and very short, underside of 1st and 2nd segments bearing long scales, last segment reduced, button- shaped ; antennae short, fairly robust, with a very distinct club which i
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. GENERA OF AFRICAN LYCAENIDAE Genus PENTILA Westvvood '5 Pentila Westwood, 1851, Genera Diurnal Lepidoptera, pi. 76 ; Aurivillius, 1898 : 258, 1914 : 303 ; Murray, 1935 : 52 ; Swanepoel, 1953 : 191. Type-species : Tingra tropicalis Boisduval. 1847 ; 1935 : Opinion 566. Head small, vertex bearing adpressed hairs ; eyes large and naked ; palpi very small and very short, underside of 1st and 2nd segments bearing long scales, last segment reduced, button- shaped ; antennae short, fairly robust, with a very distinct club which is an elongated oval in. Fig. 8. Pentila tropicalis (Boisduval), J Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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