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Metisella midas

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Metisella midas
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M. midas
Binomial name
Metisella midas
(Butler, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclopides midas Butler, 1894
  • Cyclopides xanthometis Mabille, 1898

Metisella midas, the Golden Sylph or Midas Sylph, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of damp, grassy edges of evergreen forests and grassy areas on the edges of submontane forests.

Subspecies

  • Metisella midas midas (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: including Shaba)
  • Metisella midas malda Evans, 1937 (Nigeria: Obudu Plateau, Cameroon)

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