Plasmodium cercopitheci is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium (subgenus Vinckeia) which infects the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans. The insect host of P. cercopitheci is unknown.
The parasite was first described by Thieler in 1930.[1]
The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecis nictitans.[1]