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.Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae The habitat consists of forests.
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)
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