Metisella_formosus

<i>Willema formosa</i>

Willema formosa

Species of butterfly

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.

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Subspecies

  • Willema formosa formosus (Malawi)
  • Willema formosa linda Evans, 1937 - northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, western Tanzania, western Kenya
  • Willema formosa mittoni Carcasson, 1961 - southern Ethiopia
  • Willema formosa nyanza Evans, 1937 - Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Kivu, north-western Tanzania

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


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