Metisella formosus

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

Metisella formosus, the Beautiful Sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forest edges.

Subspecies

Metisella formosus formosus (Malawi)
Metisella formosus linda Evans, 1937 (northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, western Tanzania, western Kenya)
Metisella formosus mittoni Carcasson, 1961 (southern Ethiopia)
Metisella formosus nyanza Evans, 1937 (Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo: east to Kivu, north-western Tanzania)

References

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