Ceratrichia clara

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Ceratrichia clara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ceratrichia
Species: C. clara
Binomial name
Ceratrichia clara
Evans, 1937[1]
Synonyms
  • Ceratrichia hollandi f. clara Riley, 1925
  • Ceratrichia hollandi clara Evans, 1937
  • Ceratrichia hollandi medea Evans, 1937

Ceratrichia clara, the Clear Forest Sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Ceratrichia clara clara (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
  • Ceratrichia clara medea Evans, 1937 (Cameroon: except west, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

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