Ceratrichia phocion
Species of butterfly
Ceratrichia phocion | |
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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)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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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.[2] 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)
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