Metisella abdeli

Metisella abdeli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Metisella
Species: M. abdeli
Binomial name
Metisella abdeli
(Krüger, 1928)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila abdeli Krüger, 1928
  • Cyclopides metis f. orientalis Aurivillius, 1925
  • Metisella orientalis f. alpha Evans, 1937
  • Metisella orientalis f. beta Evans, 1937
  • Metisella orientalis f. gamma Evans, 1937
  • Metisella orientalis f. delta Evans, 1937
  • Metisella orientalis f. zeta Evans, 1937
  • Metisella orientalis f. theta Evans, 1937
  • Metisella orientalis f. kappa Evans, 1937
  • Metisella orientalis f. lamda Evans, 1937

Metisella abdeli, the Eastern Sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of 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

References

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