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Ceratrichia wollastoni

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Ceratrichia wollastoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ceratrichia
Species:
C. wollastoni
Binomial name
Ceratrichia wollastoni
Heron, 1909[1]
Synonyms
  • Ceratrichia flava f. extensa Aurivillius, 1925
  • Ceratrichia wollastoni extensa Evans, 1937
  • Ceratrichia flava f. mariae Dufrane, 1945

Ceratrichia wollastoni is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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