Ceratrichia clara

Ceratrichia clara, commonly known as the clear forest sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Ceratrichia clara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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 the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

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