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Ceratrichia argyrosticta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ceratrichia

Ceratrichia argyrosticta, the pearl-spotted forest sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Ceratrichia argyrosticta argyrosticta (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic)
  • Ceratrichia argyrosticta enta Evans, 1947 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)
  • References

    Ceratrichia argyrosticta Wikipedia