Metisella kambove
| Metisella kambove | |
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| Metisella kambove figure 14 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Metisella |
| Species: | M. kambove |
| Binomial name | |
| Metisella kambove (Neave, 1910)[1] | |
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Metisella kambove, the Kambove Sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of moist Brachystegia woodland.
Subspecies
- Metisella kambove kambove (south-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, Zambia: north-west to the Copperbelt)
- Metisella kambove gamma de Jong (Nigeria, Cameroon)
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