{{Short description|Species of butterfly}} {{Speciesbox | name = Marsh sylph | image = Marsh Sylph - South Africa 358134598.jpg | image_caption = '''a''' | taxon = Metisella meninx | authority = (Trimen, 1873)<ref>[https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/heteropterinae/metisella/index.html ''Metisella''] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''</ref> | synonyms = *''Cyclopides meninx'' <small>Trimen, 1873</small> *''Thymelicus meninx'' *''Cyclopides argentiostriatus'' <small>Plötz, 1886</small> }}
'''''Metisella meninx''''', the '''marsh sylph''', is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to the wet vleis (shallow lakes) of highland grassland in northern KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, the northern part of the Free State and the extreme east of the North West Province. It has become extinct in many areas close to Johannesburg due to building developments.
The larvae feed on Poaceae marsh grass species, including ''Leersia hexandra''.
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Category:Butterflies described in 1873 Category:Skipperlings Category:Butterflies of Africa Category:Taxa named by Roland Trimen
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