Metisella midas

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.

Metisella midas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Cyclopides xanthometis Mabille, 1898

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
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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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