Micropentila adelgitha

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| image = Common dots (Micropentila adelgitha) underside Ankasa.jpg

| image_caption = In Ghana

| image2 = Adelgitha inGSK1892.jpg

| taxon = Micropentila adelgitha

| authority = (Hewitson, 1874)[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/poritiinae/micropentila/index.html Micropentila] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

| synonyms = * Liptena adelgitha Hewitson, 1874

• Lycaena moneta Mabille, 1890

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Micropentila adelgitha, the common dots, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri).[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_liptenina.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Adults feed from extrafloral nectaries of Marantaceae species.