Metisella tsadicus
| Metisella tsadicus |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Hesperiidae |
| Genus: |
Metisella |
| Species: |
M. tsadicus |
| Binomial name |
Metisella tsadicus
(Aurivillius, 1905)[1] |
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| Synonyms |
- Cyclopides formosus var. tsadicus Aurivillius, 1905
- Cyclopides ogwanyi Bethune-Baker, 1906
- Cyclopides birbiranus Ungemach, 1932
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Metisella tsadicus, the Northern Netted Sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, north-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon (from the northern part of the country to the Lake Tchad area), the Central African Republic, southern Sudan, northern Uganda and south-western Ethiopia.[2]
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