Willema formosa explained

Willema formosa, the beautiful sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania.^[1] The habitat consists of forest edges.

Subspecies

• Willema formosa formosus (Malawi)
• Willema formosa linda Evans, 1937 - northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, western Tanzania, western Kenya
• Willema formosa mittoni Carcasson, 1961 - southern Ethiopia
• Willema formosa nyanza Evans, 1937 - Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Kivu, north-western Tanzania

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae . 2012-10-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083852/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/hesperiidae_heteropterinae.doc . 2014-08-19 . dead .