Ceratrichia argyrosticta

Pearl-spotted forest sylph
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ceratrichia
Species: C. argyrosticta
Binomial name
Ceratrichia argyrosticta
(Plötz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Apaustus argyrosticta Plötz, 1879
  • Apaustus argyrospila Plötz, 1884
  • Ceratrichia guineensis ab. limbana Strand, 1913

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.[2] 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

  1. ↑ "Ceratrichia Butler, [1870]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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