Metisella formosus
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Metisella formosus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Metisella |
Species: | M. formosus
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Binomial name | |
Metisella formosus | |
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Metisella formosus, the beautiful sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forest edges.
Subspecies
- Metisella formosus formosus (Malawi)
- Metisella formosus linda Evans, 1937 (northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, western Tanzania, western Kenya)
- Metisella formosus mittoni Carcasson, 1961 (southern Ethiopia)
- Metisella formosus nyanza Evans, 1937 (Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Kivu, north-western Tanzania)
References
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- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
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