Metisella

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Kingdom Animalia Family Hesperiidae Rank Genus		Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths

Similar Metisella metis, Kedestes, Butterflies and moths, Eretis, Sarangesa

Metisella is a genus of skippers, commonly called sylphs, 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

Metisella Wikipedia

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