Metisella Explained

Metisella is a genus of skippers, commonly called sylphs,^[1] in the family Hesperiidae found in Africa. For other sylphs see genera Astictopterus, Willema, and Tsitana.

Species

• Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)
• Metisella aegipan (Trimen, 1868) – mountain sylph
• Metisella alticola (Aurivillius, 1925)
• Metisella congdoni de Jong & Kielland, 1983
• Metisella decipiens (Butler, 1896)
• Metisella kakamega de Jong, 1976 – Kakamega sylph
• Metisella kambove (Neave, 1910)
• 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 quadrisignatus (Butler, 1894) – four-spot sylph
• Metisella syrinx (Trimen, 1868) – bamboo sylph
• Metisella trisignatus (Neave, 1904) – three-spot sylph

Former species

• Metisella angolana (Karsch, 1896). Transferred to Willema angolana (Karsch, 1896)
• Metisella carsoni (Butler, 1898). Transferred to Willema carsoni (Butler, 1898)
• Metisella formosus (Butler, 1894) – beautiful sylph. Transferred to Willema formosa (Butler, 1894)
• Metisella kumbona Evans, 1937. Transferred to Willema kumbona (Evans, 1937)
• Metisella perexcellens (Butler, 1896). Transferred to Willema perexcellens (Butler, 1896)
• Metisella tsadicus (Aurivillius, 1905). Transferred to Willema tsadica (Aurivillius, 1905)
• Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857) – netted sylph. Transferred to Willema willemi (Wallengren, 1857)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Metisella at funet

Notes and References

1. Book: Woodhall, Steve . Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa . 2005 . Cape Town, South Africa . Struik . 978-1-86872-724-7 .