Metisella midas
| Metisella midas | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Metisella |
| Species: | M. midas |
| Binomial name | |
| Metisella midas (Butler, 1894)[1] | |
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Metisella midas, the Golden Sylph or Midas Sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of damp, grassy edges of evergreen forests and grassy areas on the edges of submontane forests.
Subspecies
- Metisella midas midas (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: including Shaba)
- Metisella midas malda Evans, 1937 (Nigeria: Obudu Plateau, Cameroon)
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