Ceratrichia argyrosticta

Ceratrichia argyrosticta, the pearl-spotted forest sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Pearl-spotted forest sylph
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C. argyrosticta
Binomial name
Ceratrichia argyrosticta
(Plötz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Apaustus argyrosticta Plötz, 1879
  • Apaustus argyrospila Plötz, 1884
  • Ceratrichia guineensis ab. limbana Strand, 1913

Subspecies

  • Ceratrichia argyrosticta argyrosticta (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic)
  • Ceratrichia argyrosticta enta Evans, 1947 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)

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