Metisella metis paris - Gold-spotted sylph or -skipper

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Metisella metis
Metisella metis

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Ndundu Lodge, Vumba (left) and Tsetsera, Mozambique (right).

Species details:

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Distribution: In wooded areas of southern and eastern parts of southern Africa.
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Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 321.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Hesperiidae subfamily Heteropterinae, p. 14, Online Encyclopaedia.



Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Metisella metis paris.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400400, retrieved 4 October 2024

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