Metisella quadrisignatus

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Metisella quadrisignatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Metisella
Species: M. quadrisignatus
Binomial name
Metisella quadrisignatus
(Butler, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclopides quadrisignatus Butler, 1894

Metisella quadrisignatus, the Four-spot Sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.[2]

Subspecies

  • Metisella quadrisignatus quadrisignatus (southern Sudan, Kenya: from the south-east to the Chyulu Hills, Tanzania, Malawi)
  • Metisella quadrisignatus nanda Evans, 1937 (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)

References


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