Metisella
Metisella is a genus of skippers, commonly called sylphs,[1] in the family Hesperiidae found in Africa. For other sylphs see genera Astictopterus and Tsitana.
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| Metisella angolana figure 10 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Heteropterinae |
| Genus: | Metisella Hemming, 1934 |
Species
- Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
- Metisella aegipan (Trimen, 1868) – mountain sylph
- Metisella alticola (Aurivillius, 1925)
- Metisella angolana (Karsch, 1896)
- Metisella carsoni (Butler, 1898)
- Metisella congdoni de Jong & Kielland, 1983
- Metisella decipiens (Butler, 1896)
- Metisella formosus (Butler, 1894) – beautiful sylph
- Metisella kakamega de Jong, 1976 – Kakamega sylph
- Metisella kambove (Neave, 1910)
- Metisella kumbona Evans, 1937
- Metisella malgacha (Boisduval, 1833) – grassveld sylph
- Metisella medea Evans, 1937
- Metisella meninx (Trimen, 1873) – marsh sylph
- Metisella metis (Linnaeus, 1764) – gold spotted sylph
- Metisella midas (Butler, 1894) – Midas sylph
- Metisella perexcellens (Butler, 1896)
- Metisella quadrisignatus (Butler, 1894) – four-spot sylph
- Metisella syrinx (Trimen, 1868) – bamboo sylph
- Metisella trisignatus (Neave, 1904) – three-spot sylph
- Metisella tsadicus (Aurivillius, 1905)
- Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857) – netted sylph
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References
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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