Metisella abdeli

Metisella abdeli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Metisella
Species:	M. abdeli
Binomial name
	Metisella abdeli; (Krüger, 1928)
Synonyms
	Pamphila abdeli Krüger, 1928; Cyclopides metis f. orientalis Aurivillius, 1925; Metisella orientalis f. alpha Evans, 1937; Metisella orientalis f. beta Evans, 1937; Metisella orientalis f. gamma Evans, 1937; Metisella orientalis f. delta Evans, 1937; Metisella orientalis f. zeta Evans, 1937; Metisella orientalis f. theta Evans, 1937; Metisella orientalis f. kappa Evans, 1937; Metisella orientalis f. lamda Evans, 1937;

Metisella abdeli, the Eastern Sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Swaziland.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing year round.

Subspecies

Metisella abdeli abdeli (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Swaziland )
Metisella abdeli elgona Evans, 1938 (near the summit of Mount Elgon in Kenya and Uganda)

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