Metisella

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)