Metisella quadrisignatus

Species of butterfly

Metisella quadrisignatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Metisella
Species:
M. quadrisignatus
Binomial name
Metisella quadrisignatus
(Butler, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclopides quadrisignatus Butler, 1894

Metisella quadrisignatus, the four-spot sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.[2]

Subspecies

  • Metisella quadrisignatus quadrisignatus (southern Sudan, Kenya: from the south-east to the Chyulu Hills, Tanzania, Malawi)
  • Metisella quadrisignatus nanda Evans, 1937 (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Metisella quadrisignatus.
  1. ^ Metisella, funet.fi
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
Taxon identifiers
Metisella quadrisignatus
  • Wikidata: Q6824145
  • Wikispecies: Metisella quadrisignatus
  • CoL: 42G44
  • EoL: 184741
  • GBIF: 5142129
  • iNaturalist: 959979
  • IRMNG: 10281052
  • LepIndex: 185072
  • Open Tree of Life: 3063231


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