Biology:Metisella midas

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Metisella midas
Metisella midas.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Metisella
Species:
M. midas
Binomial name
Metisella midas
(Butler, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclopides midas Butler, 1894
  • Mabille, 1898 Cyclopides xanthometis

Metisella midas, the golden sylph or Midas sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of damp, grassy edges of evergreen forests and grassy areas on the edges of submontane forests.

Subspecies

  • Metisella midas midas (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: including Shaba)
  • Metisella midas malda Evans, 1937 (Nigeria: Obudu Plateau, Cameroon)

References

  1. ↑ Metisella, funet.fi
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/hesperiidae_heteropterinae.doc. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6824141 entry




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