Metisella medea
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Family: | Hesperiidae
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Species: | M. medea
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Metisella medea Evans, 1937[1]
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Metisella medea, the Medea sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.[2] 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)
References[]
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- ^ Metisella, funet.fi
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1937
- Heteropterinae
- Hesperiidae stubs