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Ceratrichia nothus
in Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Ceratrichia
Species:	C. nothus
Binomial name
Ceratrichia nothus (Fabricius, 1787)
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. 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

1. "Ceratrichia Butler, [1870]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae

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