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Metisella formosus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Metisella

Metisella formosus, the beautiful sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania. 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

    Metisella formosus Wikipedia
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