Metisella abdeli

Metisella abdeli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Metisella
Species:	M. abdeli
Binomial name
Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
Synonyms
Pamphila abdeli Krüger, 1928 Cyclopides metis f. orientalis Aurivillius, 1925 Metisella orientalis f. alpha Evans, 1937 Metisella orientalis f. beta Evans, 1937 Metisella orientalis f. gamma Evans, 1937 Metisella orientalis f. delta Evans, 1937 Metisella orientalis f. zeta Evans, 1937 Metisella orientalis f. theta Evans, 1937 Metisella orientalis f. kappa Evans, 1937 Metisella orientalis f. lamda Evans, 1937

Metisella abdeli, the eastern sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Eswatini. The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing year round.

Subspecies

• Metisella abdeli abdeli (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Eswatini )
• Metisella abdeli elgona Evans, 1938 (near the summit of Mount Elgon in Kenya and Uganda)