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