Metisella willemi
Netted sylph | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Metisella |
Species: | M. willemi |
Binomial name | |
Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)[1] | |
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Metisella willemi, the netted sylph, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Transvaal, Botswana, and Zimbabwe to Kenya, Uganda, and Somalia. The habitat consists of savanna (especially along streams fringed by trees that provide an almost closed canopy) and densely wooded clumps of bush.[2]
The wingspan is 30–32 mm. Adults are on wing from December to May (with a peak from February to March). There is one extended generation per year.[3]
The larvae feed on Setaria species.
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