Ceratrichia

Ceratrichia
C. nothus in Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Ceratrichiini
Genus:	Ceratrichia Butler, 1869 [1]

Ceratrichia is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. They are found in the Afrotropical realm.

Species

• Ceratrichia brunnea Bethune-Baker, 1906
• Ceratrichia clara Riley, 1925
• Ceratrichia crowleyi Riley, 1925
• Ceratrichia flandria Evans, 1956
• Ceratrichia flava Hewitson, 1878
• Ceratrichia hollandi Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Ceratrichia lewisi Collins & Larsen, 2000
• Ceratrichia nothus (Fabricius, 1787)
• Ceratrichia phocion (Fabricius, 1781)
• Ceratrichia punctata Holland, 1896
• Ceratrichia semlikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
• Ceratrichia weberi Miller, 1964
• Ceratrichia wollastoni Heron, 1909

Former species

• Ceratrichia argyrostictaPlötz, 1879 - transferred to Argemma argyrosticta (Plötz, 1879)
• Ceratrichia aureaDruce, 1910 - transferred to Argemma aurea (Druce, 1910)
• Ceratrichia bongaEvans, 1946 - transferred to Argemma bonga (Evans, 1946)
• Ceratrichia mabirensisRiley, 1925 - transferred to Argemma mabirensis (Riley, 1925)
• Ceratrichia maesseniMiller, 1971 - transferred to Argemma maesseni (Miller, 1971)
• Ceratrichia semiluteaMabille, 1891 - transferred to Ceratricula semilutea (Mabille, 1891)
• Ceratrichia stellataMabille, 1891 - transferred to Dotta stellata (Mabille, 1891)

References

1. "Ceratrichia Butler, [1870]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 79