Taxonomy of Genus Ceratrichia Butler, 1869
Forest Sylphs
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 322
33641
568299 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 208
32654
567261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 197
32461
565431 | Families
Genera
Species | | Division | Ditrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers | 186
32290
560864 | Families
Genera
Species | | Microorder | Apoditrysia
Minet, 1983
| 13
1792
34426 | Families
Genera
Species | | Phalanx | Obtectomera
Minet, 1986
| 8
1724
33194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 6
1580
31274 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 3
1099
24454 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 2
1096
24391 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Hesperiidae
Latreille, 1809
Indet. Skipper, Skipper, Skipper Butterflies, Skippers | 1096
24391 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Hesperiinae
Latreille, 1809
Banded skippers, Branded skippers, Folded-winged Skippers | 408
10692 | Genera
Species | | Tribe | Erionotini
Distant, 1886
| 100
2071 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Ceratrichia
Butler, 1869
Forest Sylphs | 71 | Species |
Subnodes of Ceratrichia Butler, 1869 | Species | Ceratrichia aretina Hewitson, 1878
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia argyrospila Plötz, 1884 ⇒ Ceratrichia argyrosticta
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia argyrosticta Plötz, 1879
Pearl-spotted Forest Sylph | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Ceratrichia aurea Druce, 1910
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia benitoensis Miller, 1964
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia bonga Evans, 1947
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia brunnea Bethune-Baker, 1906
Brown Forest Sylph | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Ceratrichia camerona Miller, 1971
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia charita Plötz, 1879 ⇒ Ceratrichia flava
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia clara Evans, 1937
Clear Forest Sylph | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Ceratrichia crowleyi Riley, 1925
Crowley´s Forest Sylph | | | | Species | Ceratrichia enantia Karsch, 1898 ⇒ Ceratrichia nothus
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia enta Evans, 1946
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia extensa Aurivillius, 1925 ⇒ Ceratrichia wollastoni
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia fako
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia fasciata Hewitson, 1878 ⇒ Ceratrichia lewisi
Yellow Forest Sylph | 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Ceratrichia fernanda Evans, 1937
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia flandria Evans, 1956 ⇒ Flandria flandria
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia flava Hewitson, 1878
Yellow Forest Sylph | 4 | Subspecies | | Species | Ceratrichia guineensis Druce, 1910 ⇒ Ceratrichia aurea
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia hollandi Bethune-Baker, 1908
Holland´s Sylph | 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Ceratrichia ialemia Bethune-Baker, 1906 ⇒ Ceratrichia brunnea
| 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Ceratrichia indeterminabilis Mabille, 1891
Tufted Forest Sylph | | | | Species | Ceratrichia lewisi Collins & Larsen, 2000
Obudu Forest Sylph | | | | Species | Ceratrichia limbana Strand, 1912 ⇒ Ceratrichia argyrosticta
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia mabirensis Riley, 1925
Mabira Forest Sylph | | | | Species | Ceratrichia maesseni L.D. Miller, 1971
Maessen´s Forest Sylph | | | | Species | Ceratrichia makomensis Fabricius, 1787 ⇒ Ceratrichia nothus
White-winged Forest Sylph | 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Ceratrichia manengouba Larsen & Collins, 2014
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia mariae Dufrane, 1944 ⇒ Ceratrichia wollastoni
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia medea Evans, 1937
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia nothus Fabricius, 1787
White-winged Forest Sylph | 4 | Subspecies | | Species | Ceratrichia paucipunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia phocaeus Westwood, 1852
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia phocion Fabricius, 1781
Common Forest Sylph | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Ceratrichia punctata Holland, 1896
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia punctulata Butler, 1895
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia quaterna Mabille, 1889
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia semilutea Mabille, 1891 ⇒ Ceratricula semilutea
Tufted Forest Sylph | | | | Species | Ceratrichia semlikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
Dark Yellow Forest Sylph | | | | Species | Ceratrichia stellata Mabille, 1891
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia tessmaniana Strand, 1913 ⇒ Ceratrichia flava
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia tetrastigma Mabille, 1891
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia toroensis Riley, 1925 ⇒ Ceratrichia maesseni
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia ugandae Riley, 1925 ⇒ Ceratrichia aurea
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia weberi Miller, 1964 ⇒ Flandria weberi
| | | | Species | Ceratrichia wollastoni Heron, 1909
Wollaston´s Forest Sylph, Wollaston’S Forest Sylph | 2 | Subspecies |
Synonyms Native, vernacular names and spellings of Ceratrichia
Distribution of Ceratrichia Butler, 1869 Angola
| Brazil
2 Species | Cameroon
| Central African Republic
| Colombia
| Costa Rica
| Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Ecuador
| Equatorial Guinea
| Gabon
| Ghana
| Guinea
| Honduras
| Ivory Coast
| Jamaica
| Kenya
| Liberia
| Mexico
1 Species | Myanmar
| Nigeria
| Panama
| Peru
2 Species | Republic of the Congo
| Sierra Leone
| Tanzania
| Togo
| Trinidad and Tobago
| Uganda
| USA
| Zambia
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