Pentila glagoessa, the immaculate cream pentila, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern and southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Haut-Uele, Tshopo, Equateur and Sankuru) and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Pentila |
| Species: | P. glagoessa
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Adults resemble day-flying cream moths.
References
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- ^ Pentila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-23.