Willema formosa

Willema formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Willema
Species:	W. formosa
Binomial name
	Willema formosa; (Butler, 1894)
Synonyms
	Heteropterus formosusButler, 1894; Metisella formosus(Butler, 1894);

Last updated December 14, 2025

Willema formosa, the beautiful sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forest edges.

Subspecies

Willema formosa formosus (Malawi)
Willema formosa lindaEvans, 1937 - northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, western Tanzania, western Kenya
Willema formosa mittoniCarcasson, 1961 - southern Ethiopia
Willema formosa nyanzaEvans, 1937 - Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Kivu, north-western Tanzania

References

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

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[1] Metisella, funet.fi

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-10-18.

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