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Metisella abdeli

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Metisella abdeli
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M. abdeli
Binomial name
Metisella abdeli
(Krüger, 1928)[1]
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 the 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 the 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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