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Ceratrichia clara

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Ceratrichia clara
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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 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.

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)

References

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