Ceratrichia nothus

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)[1]
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.[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

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