Ceratrichia phocion
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Ceratrichia phocion, the common forest sylph, is a 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)
References
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- ^ "Ceratrichia Butler, [1870]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae