Ceratrichia nothus

Ceratrichia nothus
Ceratrichia nothus figure 17
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.

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References

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