Golden Sylph

Metisella midas, the golden sylph or Midas sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of damp, grassy edges of evergreen forests and grassy areas on the edges of submontane forests.

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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…