title: Pentila petreia
text: # Pentila petreia
  
  Pentila petreia, the common red pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, central Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and western Nigeria. The habitat consists of dense forests.
  
  Adults feed from extrafloral nectaries.
  
  