''Pentila cloetensi'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the

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, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests. Adults are on wing in November and December.

Subspecies

*''P. c. cloetensi'' (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Bas-Uele, Equateur, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba) *''P. c. albida'' Hawker-Smith, 1933 (Uganda: forested areas except the Bwamba Valley, north-western Tanzania) *''P. c. aspasia'' Grünberg, 1910 (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea) *''P. c. catauga'' Rebel, 1914 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Haut-Uele, Ituri and North Kivu, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley) *''P. c. latefasciata'' Stempffer & Bennett, 1961 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: North Kivu and Maniema) *''P. c. lucayensis'' Schultze, 1923 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa)

References

Butterflies described in 1898 Poritiinae Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius {{Poritiinae-stub