Ceratrichia semilutea

(Ceratrichia semilutea)

Description

Ceratrichia semilutea, the tufted forest sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It 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. The habitat consists of forests. Adults have been recorded feeding from low growing flowers.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Hesperiidae
Genus:Ceratrichia
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