Biology:Willema formosa

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Willema formosa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Willema
Species:
W. formosa
Binomial name
Willema formosa
(Butler, 1894)[1]
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.[2] 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

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

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