Marsh Sylph

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.

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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…