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Tsitana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Hesperiinae

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Tsitana, commonly called sylphs, is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae are found primarily in Africa. These are small to medium-sized skippers that are primarily unmarked brown of the upperside wings. For other sylphs see genus Metisella.

Species

Listed alphabetically:

  • Tsitana dicksoni Evans, 1955 – Dickson's sylph
  • Tsitana tsita (Trimen, 1870) – dismal sylph
  • Tsitana tulbagha Evans, 1937 – Tulbagh sylph
  • Tsitana uitenhaga Evans, 1937 – Uitenhage sylph
  • Tsitana wallacei (Neave, 1910) – Wallace's sylph
  • References

    Tsitana Wikipedia