Ceratrichia nothus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Ceratrichia

Ceratrichia nothus, the white-winged forest sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and the Central African Republic. The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Subspecies

Ceratrichia nothus nothus (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, western Ghana)

Ceratrichia nothus enantia (Karsch, 1893) (central Ghana, Togo, Nigeria)

Ceratrichia nothus makomensis Strand, 1913 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea)

Ceratrichia nothus yakoli Collins & Larsen, 2003 (Central African Republic)

References

Ceratrichia nothus Wikipedia

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