Pentila

Pentila is a genus of butterflies, commonly called pentilas or buffs, in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropics. For other butterflies called buffs, see genus Baliochila.

==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