Mountain Sylph

Metisella aegipan, the mountain sylph or Shaka's ranger, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the mountains of the Cape in South Africa and in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Lesotho. The habitat consists of wetlands, marshy places, and grassy gullies in montane grassland.

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Metisella es un género de lepidópteros ditrisios de la subfamilia Heteropterinae dentro de la familia Hesperiidae. ​ Se encuentra en África. Especies Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928) Metisella aegipan (Trimen, 1868) Metisella alticola (Aurivillius, 1925) Metisella angolana (Karsch, 1896) Metisella carsoni (Butler, 1898) Metisella congdoni de Jong & Kielland, 1983 Metisella decipiens (Butler, 1896) Metisella formosus (Butler, 1894) Metisella kakamega de Jong, 1976 Metisella kambove (Neave, 1910) Metisella kumbona Evans, 1937 Metisella malgacha (Boisduval, 1833) Metisella medea Evans, 1937…