Metisella quadrisignatus

Metisella quadrisignatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Hesperiidae
Genus:Metisella
Species: M. quadrisignatus
Binomial name
Metisella quadrisignatus
(Butler, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclopides quadrisignatus Butler, 1894

Metisella quadrisignatus, the four-spot sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.[2]

Subspecies

  • Metisella quadrisignatus quadrisignatus (southern Sudan, Kenya: from the south-east to the Chyulu Hills, Tanzania, Malawi)
  • Metisella quadrisignatus nanda Evans, 1937 (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)

References

  1. ↑ Metisella, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae


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