Metisella abdeli
Metisella abdeli | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Metisella |
Species: | M. abdeli
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Binomial name | |
Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Metisella abdeli, the eastern sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Swaziland.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are on wing year round.
Subspecies[]
- Metisella abdeli abdeli (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Swaziland )
- Metisella abdeli elgona Evans, 1938 (near the summit of Mount Elgon in Kenya and Uganda)
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Metisella abdeli. |
Wikispecies has information related to Metisella abdeli. |
- ^ Metisella, funet.fi
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1928
- Heteropterinae
- Hesperiidae stubs