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Golden Sylph

Metisella midas

Description:

Another brightly coloured skipper. The habitat consists of damp, grassy edges of evergreen forests and grassy areas on the edges of submontane forests.

Habitat:

The habitat consists of damp, grassy edges of evergreen forests and grassy areas on the edges of submontane forests. I saw this one on bushes by the side of a dirt road running through the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, SW Uganda.

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bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago
Golden Sylph
Metisella midas midas


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4 Comments

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

Welcome back bayucca... back on the job I see! Hope your holiday was what was needed!

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Hesperiidae, Heteropterinae, Metisella midas midas.
http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/hespe...

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

thanks LuckyLogan. They definitely stood out on the green leaves. No camouflage there...!

LuckyLogan
LuckyLogan 9 years ago

Beautiful find!

pamsai
Spotted by
pamsai

Kanungu, Uganda

Spotted on Jul 16, 2014
Submitted on Aug 18, 2014

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