Ceratricula semilutea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Astictopterini |
Genus: | Ceratricula Larsen, 2013 |
Species: | C. semilutea |
Binomial name | |
Ceratricula semilutea | |
Synonyms | |
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Ceratricula is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. [2] It is monotypic, being represented by the species Ceratricula semilutea, commonly known as the tufted forest sylph which is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania and north-western Zambia. [3] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults have been recorded feeding from low growing flowers.
Pardaleodes fan, the Ankole skipper, is a species of skipper in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests and thick vegetation bordering streams. Some cultures use this insect in the cheese-making process.
The Erionotini are a tribe of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae.
Argemma argyrosticta, the pearl-spotted forest sylph, is a species of 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. The habitat consists of forests.
Argemma aurea is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.
Argemma bonga is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Ceratrichia brunnea is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Ceratrichia clara, commonly known as the clear forest sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Ceratrichia flava, commonly known as the yellow forest sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. The habitat consists of open areas in forests.
Ceratrichia nothus, commonly known as the white-winged forest sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and the Central African Republic. The habitat consists of wetter forests.
Ceratrichia phocion,also known as the common forest sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.
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. The habitat consists of forests.
Ceratrichia weberi is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon. The habitat consists of forests.
Ceratrichia flandria is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Équateur). The habitat consists of forests.
Ceratrichia hollandi is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Ceratrichia lewisi,commonly known as the Obudu forest sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Nigeria. The habitat consists of forests.
Argemma mabirensis is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Argemma maesseni, commonly known as Maessen's forest sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast and Ghana. The habitat consists of forests.
Ceratrichia punctata is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon and Angola. The habitat consists of forests.
Ceratrichia semlikensis is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, the central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania and north-western Zambia. Their habitat consists of forests.
Osmodes adosus, the adosus white-spots, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.