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.
^Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
Metisella meninx, the marsh sylph, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to the wet vleis (shallow lakes) of highland grassland in northern...
Metisella abdeli, the eastern sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda,...
Metisella malgacha, the grassveld sylph, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Cape, Free State, Lesotho, Transvaal, and KwaZulu-Natal...
Metisella metis, the gold spotted sylph, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Cape and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The wingspan...
perexcellens. Wikispecies has information related to Willema perexcellens. Metisella, funet.fi "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae"...
Metisella trisignatus, the three-spot sylph,' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. Metisella trisignatus...
Metisella kambove, the Kambove sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Metisella kakamega. Wikispecies has information related to Metisella kakamega. Metisella, funet.fi "Afrotropical Butterflies:...
Metisella medea, the Medea sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda...
Metisella syrinx, the bamboo sylph, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is a rare and highly localised species which is only known from South...
Metisella aegipan, the mountain sylph or Shaka's ranger, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the mountains of the Cape in South Africa...
Metisella congdoni is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by de Jong and Kielland in 1983. It is found in southern Tanzania. Wikimedia...
Commons has media related to Metisella decipiens. Wikispecies has information related to Metisella decipiens. Metisella, funet.fi "Afrotropical Butterflies:...
Metisella quadrisignatus, the four-spot sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. Metisella quadrisignatus...
Metisella midas, the golden sylph or Midas sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Metisella alticola. Wikispecies has information related to Metisella alticola. Metisella, funet.fi "Afrotropical Butterflies:...
Willema tsadica. Wikispecies has information related to Willema tsadica. Metisella, funet.fi "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae"...
Willema formosa. Wikispecies has information related to Willema formosa. Metisella, funet.fi "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae"...
Willema carsoni. Wikispecies has information related to Willema carsoni. Metisella, funet.fi "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae"...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Metisella angolana. Wikispecies has information related to Willema angolana. Metisella, funet.fi "Afrotropical Butterflies:...
Willema kumbona. Wikispecies has information related to Willema kumbona. Metisella, funet.fi "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae"...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Metisella willemi. Wikispecies has information related to Willema willemi. Metisella at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and...
primarily unmarked brown of the upperside wings. For other sylphs see genus Metisella. Listed alphabetically: Tsitana dicksoni Evans, 1955 – Dickson's sylph...
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