Metisella syrinx
| Bamboo sylph | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Metisella |
| Species: | M. syrinx |
| Binomial name | |
| Metisella syrinx (Trimen, 1868)[1] | |
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Metisella syrinx, the bamboo sylph, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is a rare and highly localised species which is only known from South Africa in the eastern Cape, through southern Lesotho to the extreme south of KwaZulu-Natal. The habitat consists of rocky areas on the summits of mountains, in montane grassland.[2]
The wingspan is 32–34 mm for males and 32–37 mm for females. Adults are on wing from January to February. There is one generation per year.[3]
The larvae feed on Thamnocalamus tessellatus.
References
- ↑ Metisella, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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