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Ceratrichia crowleyi

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Ceratrichia crowleyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ceratrichia
Species:
C. crowleyi
Binomial name
Ceratrichia crowleyi
Riley, 1925[1]

Ceratrichia crowleyi, also known as Crowley's forest sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and south-western Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests, especially near streams.

References

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