Metisella
# 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)
