Biology:Ceratrichia nothus
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Ceratrichia nothus | |
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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. nothus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceratrichia nothus (Fabricius, 1787)[1]
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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)
References
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- ↑ "Ceratrichia Butler, [1870]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
Wikidata ☰ Q5063861 entry
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