Metisella midas

Metisella midas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Metisella
Species:	M. midas
Binomial name
	Metisella midas; (Butler, 1894)
Synonyms
	Cyclopides midasButler, 1894 ; Cyclopides xanthometisMabille, 1898 ;

Last updated December 14, 2025

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.^[2] The habitat consists of damp, grassy edges of evergreen forests and grassy areas on the edges of submontane forests.

Subspecies

Metisella midas midas (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: including Shaba)
Metisella midas maldaEvans, 1937 (Nigeria: Obudu Plateau, Cameroon)

References

↑ Metisella, funet.fi
↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-10-18.

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[1] Metisella, funet.fi

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-10-18.

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