Metisella kambove
Metisella kambove figure 14
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Hesperiidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of moist Brachystegia woodland.

Subspecies

  • Metisella kambove kambove (south-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Zambia: north-west to the Copperbelt)
  • Metisella kambove gamma de Jong (Nigeria, Cameroon)

References

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  1. ↑ Metisella, funet.fi
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-10-18.


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