Ceratrichia nothus

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

Ceratrichia nothus, commonly known as the white-winged forest sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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[1] "Ceratrichia Butler, [1870]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae

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