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Metisella kambove

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Metisella

Metisella kambove

Metisella kambove, the Kambove sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. The habitat consists of moist Brachystegia woodland.

Subspecies

  • Metisella kambove kambove (south-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Zambia: north-west to the Copperbelt)
  • Metisella kambove gamma de Jong (Nigeria, Cameroon)

    • References

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