title: Metisella
text: # 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)
  