# Metisella medea

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***Metisella medea***, the **Medea sylph**, is a [butterfly](/source/Butterfly) in the family [Hesperiidae](/source/Hesperiidae). It is found in [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria), [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon), the [Democratic Republic of the Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo), [Uganda](/source/Uganda), [Kenya](/source/Kenya), [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania) and [Malawi](/source/Malawi).[2] The habitat consists of submontane meadows.

The larvae feed on [Poaceae](/source/Poaceae) species.

## Subspecies

- *Metisella medea medea* (Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo)
- *Metisella medea nyika* Evans, 1937 (Tanzania: southern highlands, Malawi: Nyika Plateau)

## References

1. [*Metisella*](http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/heteropterinae/metisella/index.html), funet.fi

1. ["Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083852/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/hesperiidae_heteropterinae.doc). Archived from [the original](http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/hesperiidae_heteropterinae.doc) on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-10-18.

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