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Ceratrichia flava

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ceratrichia

Ceratrichia flava

Ceratrichia flava, the yellow forest sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. The habitat consists of open areas in forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers, including the ones of Costus species.

Subspecies

  • Ceratrichia flava flava (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic)
  • Ceratrichia flava fernanda Evans, 1937 (Equatorial Guinea: Bioko)
  • References

    Ceratrichia flava Wikipedia