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Ceratrichia nothus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ceratrichia

Ceratrichia nothus

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)

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    Ceratrichia nothus Wikipedia
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