Metisella

Metisella
Metisella angolana figure 10
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Metisella Hemming, 1934

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.

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

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Metisella at funet