Species of butterfly
Gold spotted sylph
Female, Cape Town
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Metisella
Species:
M. metis
Binomial name
Metisella metis (Linnaeus, 1764)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio metis Linnaeus, 1764 Hesperia metis Cyclopides metis Heteropterus metis
Metisella metis gold spotted sylph , is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Cape and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
The larvae feed on Stenotaphrum glabrum , Panicum deustum , Ehrharta erecta and Stipa dregeana .
^ Metisella at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Last Update: 2024-06-24T16:19:47Z
dregeana. Metisella metis metis (South Africa: Western Cape Province, from the Cape Peninsula, east to the Swellendam district) Metisella metis paris Evans...
Word Count : 97
Last Update: 2023-01-29T15:15:30Z
sylph Metisella medea Evans, 1937 Metisella meninx (Trimen, 1873) – marsh sylph Metisella metis (Linnaeus, 1764) – gold spotted sylph Metisella midas...
Word Count : 216
Last Update: 2022-07-14T17:45:03Z
elma Leucochitonea levubu Metisella aegipan Metisella malgacha Metisella meninx Metisella metis Metisella syrinx Metisella willemi Netrobalane canopus...
Word Count : 1452
Last Update: 2023-12-31T09:16:11Z
niso Elfins Small Elfin Sarangesa phidyle Sylphs Gold Spotted Sylph Metisella metis paris Darts Macken's Dart Acleros mackenii Swifts Long-horned Swift...
Word Count : 775
Last Update: 2024-02-09T21:39:00Z
transferred to Bungalotis midas (Cramer, 1775) P. metis Linnaeus, 1764 - transferred to Metisella metis (Linnaeus, 1764) P. morpheus Pallas, 1771 - transferred...
Word Count : 449
Last Update: 2024-02-19T17:49:29Z
(common pea blue) Macroglossum trochilus (African humming bird moth) Metisella metis metis (golden-spotted sylph) Orthetrum caffrum (two-striped skimmer) Orthetrum...
Word Count : 3152
Last Update: 2022-04-05T07:03:24Z
Metisella abdeli, the eastern sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda,...
Word Count : 120
Last Update: 2022-10-11T04:52:06Z
gambica (Mabille, 1878) Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928) Metisella aegipan inyanga Evans, 1956 Metisella metis paris Evans, 1937 Metisella willemi (Wallengren...
Word Count : 1965
Last Update: 2022-10-12T02:38:09Z
gambica (Mabille, 1878) Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928) Metisella aegipan inyanga Evans, 1956 Metisella metis paris Evans, 1937 Metisella willemi (Wallengren...
Word Count : 2407
Last Update: 2022-03-12T16:41:11Z
(Linnaeus, 1764) Gegenes pumilio gambica (Mabille, 1878) Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928) Metisella metis paris Evans, 1937 Tsitana tsita (Trimen, 1870) List...
Word Count : 1416
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