# Metisella

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{{Short description|Genus of butterflies}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Metisella malgacha ssp. malgacha.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Metisella malgacha](/source/Metisella_malgacha)''
| taxon = Metisella
| authority = [Hemming](/source/Francis_Hemming), 1934
| subdivision_ranks = [Species](/source/Species)
| subdivision =
}}

'''''Metisella''''' is a genus of [skippers](/source/skipper_(butterfly)), commonly called '''sylphs''',<ref>{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}</ref> in the family [Hesperiidae](/source/Hesperiidae) found in Africa. For other sylphs see genera ''[Astictopterus](/source/Astictopterus)'', ''[Willema](/source/Willema)'', and ''[Tsitana](/source/Tsitana)''.

==Species==
*''[Metisella abdeli](/source/Metisella_abdeli)'' <small>(Krüger, 1928)</small>
*''[Metisella aegipan](/source/Metisella_aegipan)'' <small>(Trimen, 1868)</small> – mountain sylph
*''[Metisella alticola](/source/Metisella_alticola)'' <small>(Aurivillius, 1925)</small>
*''[Metisella congdoni](/source/Metisella_congdoni)'' <small>de Jong & Kielland, 1983</small>
*''[Metisella decipiens](/source/Metisella_decipiens)'' <small>(Butler, 1896)</small>
*''[Metisella kakamega](/source/Metisella_kakamega)'' <small>de Jong, 1976</small> – Kakamega sylph
*''[Metisella kambove](/source/Metisella_kambove)'' <small>(Neave, 1910)</small>
*''[Metisella malgacha](/source/Metisella_malgacha)'' <small>(Boisduval, 1833)</small> – grassveld sylph
*''[Metisella medea](/source/Metisella_medea)'' <small>Evans, 1937</small>
*''[Metisella meninx](/source/Metisella_meninx)'' <small>(Trimen, 1873)</small> – marsh sylph
*''[Metisella metis](/source/Metisella_metis)'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1764)</small> – gold spotted sylph
*''[Metisella midas](/source/Metisella_midas)'' <small>(Butler, 1894)</small> – Midas sylph
*''[Metisella quadrisignatus](/source/Metisella_quadrisignatus)'' <small>(Butler, 1894)</small> – four-spot sylph
*''[Metisella syrinx](/source/Metisella_syrinx)'' <small>(Trimen, 1868)</small> – bamboo sylph
*''[Metisella trisignatus](/source/Metisella_trisignatus)'' <small>(Neave, 1904)</small> – three-spot sylph

===Former species===
* ''Metisella angolana'' <small>(Karsch, 1896)</small>. Transferred to ''[Willema angolana](/source/Willema_angolana)'' <small>(Karsch, 1896)</small>
* ''Metisella carsoni'' <small>(Butler, 1898)</small>. Transferred to ''[Willema carsoni](/source/Willema_carsoni)'' <small>(Butler, 1898)</small>
* ''Metisella formosus'' <small>(Butler, 1894)</small> – beautiful sylph. Transferred to ''[Willema formosa](/source/Willema_formosa)'' <small>(Butler, 1894)</small>
* ''Metisella kumbona'' <small>Evans, 1937</small>. Transferred to ''[Willema kumbona](/source/Willema_kumbona)'' <small>(Evans, 1937)</small>
* ''Metisella perexcellens'' <small>(Butler, 1896)</small>. Transferred to ''[Willema perexcellens](/source/Willema_perexcellens)'' <small>(Butler, 1896)</small>
* ''Metisella tsadicus'' <small>(Aurivillius, 1905)</small>. Transferred to ''[Willema tsadica](/source/Willema_tsadica)'' <small>(Aurivillius, 1905)</small>
* ''Metisella willemi'' <small>(Wallengren, 1857)</small> – netted sylph. Transferred to ''[Willema willemi](/source/Willema_willemi)'' <small>(Wallengren, 1857)</small>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&FAMILY=Hesperiidae Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database]
*[https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/heteropterinae/metisella/index.html Metisella at funet]

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Category:Skipperlings
Category:Skipper (butterfly) genera
Category:Taxa named by Francis Hemming
Category:Taxa described in 1934

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