Metisella metis

Gold spotted sylph
	Female, Cape Town
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Metisella
Species:	M. metis
Binomial name
	Metisella metis; (Linnaeus, 1764)
Synonyms
	Papilio metisLinnaeus, 1764; Hesperia metis; Cyclopides metis; Heteropterus metis;

Last updated August 18, 2025

Metisella metis, the gold spotted sylph, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Cape and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

The larvae feed on Stenotaphrum glabrum , Panicum deustum , Ehrharta erecta and Stipa dregeana .

Subspecies

Metisella metis metis (South Africa: Western Cape Province, from the Cape Peninsula, east to the Swellendam district)
Metisella metis parisEvans, 1937 (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape Province)

References

↑ Metisella at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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[1] Metisella at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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