Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Scientific name Metisella willemi | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Metisella Rank Species | |
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Similar Metisella, Metisella metis, Spialia diomus, Cupidopsis iobates, Nepheronia buquetii | ||
Metisella willemi, the netted sylph, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Transvaal, Botswana, and Zimbabwe to Kenya, Uganda, and Somalia. The habitat consists of savanna (especially along streams fringed by trees that provide an almost closed canopy) and densely wooded clumps of bush.
The wingspan is 30–32 mm. Adults are on wing from December to May (with a peak from February to March). There is one extended generation per year.
The larvae feed on Setaria species.
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