Metisella quadrisignatus
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Metisella |
Species: | M. quadrisignatus
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Binomial name | |
Metisella quadrisignatus | |
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Metisella quadrisignatus, the four-spot sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- 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
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Wikispecies has information related to Metisella quadrisignatus.
- ^ Metisella, funet.fi
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-10-18.