Ceratrichia flava

Ceratrichia flava
	Ceratrichia flava figure 51
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Ceratrichia
Species:	C. flava
Binomial name
	Ceratrichia flava; Hewitson, 1878
Synonyms
	Plastingia charita Plötz, 1879; Ceratrichia fasciata Aurivillius, 1896; Ceratrichia fasciata var. tessmanniana Strand, 1912; Ceratrichia flava benitoensis Miller, 1964;

Ceratrichia flava, the yellow forest sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.^[2] The habitat consists of open areas in forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers, including the ones of Costus species.

Subspecies

Ceratrichia flava flava (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic)
Ceratrichia flava fernanda Evans, 1937 (Equatorial Guinea: Bioko)

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