Metisella medea

Metisella medea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Metisella
Species:
M. medea
Binomial name
Metisella medea
Evans, 1937[1]

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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  1. ^ Metisella, funet.fi
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-10-18.


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