Metisella kambove

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Metisella kambove
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]
Synonyms
  • Cyclopides kambove Neave, 1910

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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