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Ceratrichia phocion
Ceratrichia phocion phocion, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Ceratrichia
Species:	C. phocion
Binomial name
Ceratrichia phocion (Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
Papilio phocion Fabricius, 1781 Papilio phocaeus Westwood, 1852

Ceratrichia phocion,also known as the common forest sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

Subspecies

• Ceratrichia phocion phocion (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
• Ceratrichia phocion camerona Miller, 1971 (Cameroon: except west, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo)

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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