Metisella
''Metisella'' is a genus of skipper (butterfly), 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 * '' ...
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Metisella Abdeli
''Metisella abdeli'', the eastern sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Eswatini. The habitat consists of forests. Adults are on wing year round. Subspecies *''Metisella abdeli abdeli'' (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Eswatini ) *''Metisella abdeli elgona'' Evans, 1938 (near the summit of Mount Elgon in Kenya and Uganda) References

Butterflies described in 1928 Heteropterinae Butterflies of Africa {{Hesperiidae-stub ...
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