Metisella is a genus of skippers, commonly called sylphs, 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