Biology:Ceratrichia argyrosticta
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Pearl-spotted forest sylph | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Ceratrichia |
| Species: | C. argyrosticta
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceratrichia argyrosticta (Plötz, 1879)[1]
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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
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- ↑ "Ceratrichia Butler, [1870]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
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