Metisella kambove
Species of butterfly
Metisella kambove | |
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Metisella kambove figure 14 | |
Scientific 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 | |
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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)
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