Ceratrichia phocion

Ceratrichia phocion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ceratrichia
Species: C. phocion
Binomial name
Ceratrichia phocion
(Fabricius, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio phocion Fabricius, 1781
  • Papilio phocaeus Westwood, 1852

Ceratrichia phocion, the Common Forest Sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

Subspecies

References

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