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:

Note:
Distribution: In wooded areas of southern and eastern parts of southern Africa.
Larval food (by plant family):
Larval food (by plant genus):
Larval food (by plant species):
PoaceaePanicum deustum (Larval foodplant)
PoaceaeStenotaphrum secundatum (Larval foodplant)
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.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Metisella metis paris.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400400, retrieved 28 March 2024

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