Ceratrichia nothus

Ceratrichia nothus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ceratrichia
Species: C. nothus
Binomial name
Ceratrichia nothus
(Fabricius, 1787)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio Plebeius Urbicola nothus Fabricius, 1787
  • Hypoleucis enantia Karsch, 1893
  • Ceratrichia makomensis Strand, 1913

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.[2] 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

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


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