Ceratrichia phocion

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.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Ceratrichia phocion
Ceratrichia phocion phocion, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Ceratrichia
Species:	C. phocion
Binomial name
Ceratrichia phocion (Fabricius, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio phocion Fabricius, 1781 Papilio phocaeus Westwood, 1852

Adults are attracted to flowers.

Subspecies

• Ceratrichia phocion phocion (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
• Ceratrichia phocion camerona Miller, 1971 (Cameroon: except west, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo)