Ceratrichia clara | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Ceratrichia |
Species: | C. clara
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Binomial name | |
Ceratrichia clara Evans, 1937[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Ceratrichia clara, commonly known as the clear forest sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
[edit]- Ceratrichia clara clara (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
- Ceratrichia clara medea Evans, 1937 (Cameroon: except west, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
References
[edit]- ^ "Ceratrichia Butler, [1870]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae