Biology:Willema formosa

Short description: Species of butterfly

Willema formosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Willema
Species:	W. formosa
Binomial name
Willema formosa (Butler, 1894)
Synonyms
Heteropterus formosus Butler, 1894 Metisella formosus (Butler, 1894)

Willema formosa, the beautiful sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forest edges.

Subspecies

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

References

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