Ceratrichia nothus
Species of butterfly
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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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Ceratrichia |
| Species: | C. nothus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceratrichia nothus | |
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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)
