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Metisella medea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Metisella

Metisella medea, the Medea sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. The habitat consists of submontane meadows.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

Subspecies

  • Metisella medea medea (Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo)
  • Metisella medea nyika Evans, 1937 (Tanzania: southern highlands, Malawi: Nyika Plateau)

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    Metisella medea Wikipedia
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