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) [1]
Synonyms
Pamphila abdeliKrüger, 1928 Cyclopides metis f. orientalisAurivillius, 1925 Metisella orientalis f. alphaEvans, 1937 Metisella orientalis f. betaEvans, 1937 Metisella orientalis f. gammaEvans, 1937 Metisella orientalis f. deltaEvans, 1937 Metisella orientalis f. zetaEvans, 1937 Metisella orientalis f. thetaEvans, 1937 Metisella orientalis f. kappaEvans, 1937 Metisella orientalis f. lamdaEvans, 1937

Metisella abdeli, the eastern sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Eswatini. ^[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, Eswatini )
• Metisella abdeli elgonaEvans, 1938 (near the summit of Mount Elgon in Kenya and Uganda)

References

1. Metisella, funet.fi
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-10-18.