Ceratrichia nothus
in Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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, 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

  • 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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