''Tsitana'', commonly called sylphs, is a genus of
skippers in the family
Hesperiidae are found primarily in
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
. These are small to medium-sized skippers that are primarily unmarked brown of the upperside wings. For other sylphs see genus ''
Metisella''.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
''Tsitana''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'']
*'' Tsitana dicksoni'' Evans, 1955 – Dickson's sylph
*'' Tsitana tsita'' (Trimen, 1870) – dismal sylph
*''Tsitana tulbagha
''Tsitana tulbagha'', the Tulbagh sylph, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South Africa. The habitat consists of grassy, rocky areas in fynbos and Karoo.
The wingspan is 30–40 mm for males and 40–41 mm for fe ...
'' Evans, 1937 – Tulbagh sylph
*'' Tsitana uitenhaga'' Evans, 1937 – Uitenhage sylph
*'' Tsitana wallacei'' (Neave, 1910) – Wallace's sylph
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Heteropterinae
Hesperiidae genera
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