Metisella trisignatus

Metisella trisignatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Metisella
Species: M. trisignatus
Binomial name
Metisella trisignatus
(Neave, 1904)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclopides trisignatus Neave, 1904

Metisella trisignatus, the three-spot sylph,' is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]

Subspecies

  • Metisella trisignatus trisignatus (Kenya: highlands west of the Rift Valley)
  • Metisella trisignatus tanga Evans, 1937 (highlands of Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia)

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