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.[2] The habitat consists of forest edges.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Willema |
| Species: | W. formosa
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Subspecies
edit- 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
References
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- ^ Metisella, funet.fi
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
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