Metisella

Metisella Hemming, 1934 Sylphs

Metisella Hemming, 1934; Stylops 3 (5): 99; TS: Papilio metis Linnaeus

Metisella; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Metisella (Hesperiinae); [BK], 408
Metisella (Heteropterinae); [AfrL]

Metisella abdeli (Krüger, 1928)

-. See [maps]

Metisella abdeli; [AfrL]

M. a. abdeli

Metisella abdeli abdeli; [AfrL]

M. a. elgona Evans, 1938 Kenya

Metisella abdeli elgona; [AfrL]
Metisella metis elgona; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Metisella orientalis elgona; [BK]: 409 (note); [iNaturalist]

Metisella aegipan (Trimen, 1868)

Cape (Mountains), Rhodesia. See [maps]

Cyclopides aegipan Trimen, 1868; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1868 (1): 94

Metisella aegipan; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Metisella aegipon[sic]; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 48

M. a. aegipan

Metisella aegipan aegipan; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

M. a. inyanga Evans, 1955 Rhodesia

Metisella aegipan inyanga Evans, 1955; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 8: 882

Metisella aegipan inyanga; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Metisella alticola (Aurivillius, 1925)

Metisella alticola; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Metisella angolana (Karsch, 1896)

Cyclopides angolana Karsch, 1896; Ent. Nachr. 22 (24): 375

Metisella angolana; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

M. a. angolana

Metisella angolana angolana; [AfrL]

M. a. cooksoni (Druce, 1905)

Metisella angolana cooksoni; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Metisella carsoni (Butler, 1898)

Tanzania. See [maps]

Cyclopides carsoni Butler, 1898; Proc. zool. Soc. 1898: 57 note; TL: Fwambo, Tanganyika

Metisella carsoni; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Metisella congdoni de Jong & Kielland, 1983

Metisella congdoni; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

Metisella decipiens (Butler, 1896)

Metisella decipiens abscissa; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Metisella decipiens; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Metisella formosus (Butler, 1894)

Malawi - Kenya, Uganda, Zaire, S.Ethiopia. See [maps]

Heteropterus formosus Butler, 1894; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893: 670, pl. 60, f. 8; TL: Zomba

Metisella formosus; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

M. f. formosus

Metisella formosus formosus; [AfrL]

M. f. nyanza Evans, 1937 Beatiful Sylph

Metisella formosus nyanza; [BK]: 410 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

M. f. linda Evans, 1937

Metisella formosus linda; [AfrL]; [BK]: 410, pl. 60, f. 787; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

M. f. mittoni Carcasson, 1961

Metisella formosus mittoni; [AfrL]

Metisella kakamega de Jong, 1976 Kakamega Kakamega Sylph

Metisella kakamega; [BK]: 409; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Metisella kambove (Neave, 1910)

Metisella kambove gamma; [iNaturalist]
Metisella kambove kambove; [iNaturalist]
Metisella kambove; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Metisella kumbona Evans, 1937

Metisella kumbona; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Metisella malgacha (Boisduval, 1833)

Cape, Orange Free State, Lesotho, Transvaal, Natal. See [maps]

Steropes malgacha Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid.: 67

Metisella malgacha; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 50 (text); [PBSA]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

M. m. malgacha

Metisella malgacha malgacha; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

M. m. orina Vári, 1976

Metisella malgacha orina; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Metisella medea Evans, 1937

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zaire, Malawi. See [maps]

Metisella medea; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

M. m. medea

Metisella medea medea; [BK]: 409, pl. 59, f. 782,3

Metisella medea medea; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

M. m. nyika Evans, 1937

Metisella medea nyika; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Metisella meninx (Trimen, 1873)

Transvaal, Natal. See [maps]

Cyclopides meninx Trimen, 1873; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1873 (2): 121, pl. 1, f. 12; TL: Transvaal

Metisella meninx; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 49; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Metisella metis (Linnaeus, 1764)

Natal, Cape. See [maps]

Papilio metis Linnaeus, 1764; Mus. Lud. Ulr.: 325

Metisella metis alpha; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Metisella metis beta; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Metisella metis gamma; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Metisella metis kappa; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Metisella metis lamda; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Metisella metis; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 50; [PBSA]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

M. m. metis

Metisella metis metis; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

M. m. paris Evans, 1937

Metisella metis paris; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Metisella midas (Butler, 1894)

E.Nigeria, Cameroun - Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe. See [maps]

Cyclopides midas Butler, 1894; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893: 671; TL: Zomba

Metisella midas; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

M. m. midas Golden Sylph

Metisella midas midas; [BK]: 408, pl. 59, f. 781; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

M. m. malda Evans, 1937

Metisella midas malda; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Metisella perexcellens (Butler, 1896) Nyasa

Metisella perexcellens; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 51; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

M. p. perexcellens

Metisella perexcellens perexcellens; [AfrL]

M. p. marunga Evans, 1937

Metisella perexcellens marunga; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

M. p. sitebi Kielland, 1982

Metisella perexcellens sitebi; [AfrL]
Metisella sitebi; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Metisella quadrisignatus (Butler, 1894)

Malawi, Tanzania, E.Kenya. See [maps] Four-spot Sylph

Cyclopides quadrisignatus Butler, 1894; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893: 670, pl. 60, f. 9; TL: Zomba

Metisella quadrisignatus; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 50 (text); [BK]: 410, pl. 60, f. 410; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

M. q. quadrisignatus

Metisella quadrisignatus quadrisignatus; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

M. q. nanda Evans, 1937

Metisella quadrisignatus nanda; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Metisella syrinx (Trimen, 1868)

Cape, Natal, Lesotho. See [maps]

Cyclopides syrinx Trimen, 1868; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1868 (1): 93

Metisella syrinx; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 52; [PBSA]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Metisella trisignatus (Neave, 1904)

Kenya, Tanzania. See [maps]

Metisella trisignatus; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

M. t. trisignatus Three-spot Sylph

Metisella trisignatus trisignatus; [BK]: pl. 410, pl. 60, f. 786; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

M. t. tanga Evans, 1937

Metisella trisignatus tanga; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Metisella tsadicus (Aurivillius, 1905)

Metisella tsadicus; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Metisella willemi (Wallengren, 1857)

from (Transvaal, Botswana, Rhodesia) - Kenya, Uganda, Somalia. See [maps] Netted Sylph

Heteropterus willemi Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4): 47
Cyclopides cheles Hewitson, 1868; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): 42; TL: Damaraland

Cyclopides cheles; Hewitson, 1874, Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Cyclopides): [120], pl. [60], f. 12-13
Metisella willemi; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 53; [BK]: 410, pl. 60, f. 788; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

?Metisella orientalis (Aurivillius, 1925)

Rhodesia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zaire, Cameroun, E.Nigeria. See [maps]

Cyclopides metis orientalis Aurivillius, 1925; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13: 551

Metisella metis orientalis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Metisella orientalis; [BK]: 409, pl. 59, f. 783; [iNaturalist]

M. o. orientalis Kenya

Metisella orientalis orientalis; [BK]: 409 (note); [iNaturalist]

Cyclopides ogwanyi Bethune-Baker, 1906; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 17 (97): 110; TL: Patigo

References:

[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BHL] The
Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Aurivillius, 1925
Die Gross-Schmetteringe der Erde; 13 Band; Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13 : 1-613, pl. 1-80
Bethune-Baker, 1906
Descriptions of some new African Butterflies Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 17 (97) : 104-110
Boisduval, 1833
Faune Entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptéres Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 1-122, pl. 1-16
Butler, 1894
On two collection of Lepidoptera sent by H. H. Johnston, Esq., C.B., from British Central Africa Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 : 643-684, pl. 60 (1894)
Butler, 1898
On a collection of Lepidoptera made by Mr. F. V. Kirby chiefly Portuguese E. Africa Proc. zool. Soc. 1898 : 49-58
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Evans, 1955
Revisional notes on African Hesperiidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 8 : 881-885
Hemming, 1934
Some notes in the nomenclature of Palaearctic and African Rhopalocera Stylops 3 (5) : 97-99
Hewitson, 1874
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [5] : (Systematic Index) V, (Anteros): [1-2], pl. [1] (1867), (Erycina & Necyria): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870), (Erycina Symmachia &c): [5-6], pl. [3] (1875), (Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7-8], pl. [4] (1872), (Calydna): [9-10], pl. [5] (1854), (Calydna II): [11-12], pl. [6] (1859), (Theope): [13-14], pl. [7] (1860), (Symmachia): [15-16], pl. [8] (1867), (Symmachia & Charis II): [17-18], pl. [9] (1871), (Charis): [19-20], pl. [10] (1866), (Emesis): [21-22], pl. [11] (1872), (Nymphidium I): [23-24], pl. [12] (1853), (Nymphidium II-III): [25-28], pl. [13-14] (1865), (Nymphidium IV): [29-30], pl. [15] (1871), (Lemonias I): [31-32], pl. [16] (1853), (Lemonias II): [33-34], pl. [17] (1858), (Lemonias III-IV): [35-38], pl. [18-19] (1863), (Lemonias V): [39-40], pl. [20] (1872), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [41-42], pl. [21] (1875), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [43-44], pl. [22] (1874), (Pachythone & Cremna): [45-46], pl. [23] (1873), (Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47-48], pl. [24] (1870), (Limnas I-II): [49-52], pl. [25-26] (1853), (Limnas & Panara): [53-54], pl. [27] (1875), (Limnas &c): [55-56], pl. [28] (1876), (Limnas & Ithomeis): [57-58], pl. [29] (1870), (Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59-60], pl. [30] (1871), (Hermathena &c): [61-62], pl. [31] (1875), (Ogyris): [63-64], pl. [32] (1853), (Pentila & Liptena): [65-66], pl. [33] (1866), (Pentila & Liptena II): [67-68], pl. [34] (1873), (Lycaena): [69-70], pl. [35] (1876), (Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71-74], pl. [36-37] (1857), (Pyrrhopyga): [75-76], pl. [38] (1869), (Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77-80], pl. [39-40] (1871), (Pyrrhopyga IV): [81-82], pl. [41] (1873), (Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83-84], pl. [42] (1875), (Ismene I-II): [85-88], pl. [43-44] (1867), (Eudamus): [89-90], pl. [45] (1873), (Eudamus II-III): [91-94], pl. [46-47] (1875), (Chaetocneme): [95-96], pl. [48] (1874), (Hesperia I-II): [97-100], pl. [49-50] (1867), (Hesperia III): [101-102], pl. [51] (1868), (Hesperia IV): [103-104], pl. [52] (1869), (Hesperia V): [105-106], pl. [53] (1872), (Hesperia V*-VI): [107-110], pl. [54-55] (1873), (Hesperia VII): [111-112], pl. [56] (1876), (Leucochitonea): [113-114], pl. [57] (1869), (Leucochitonea II): [115-116], pl. [58] (1875), (Pterygospidea): [117-118], pl. [59] (1873), (Cyclopides): [119-120], pl. [60] (1874), (Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121-122], pl. [61] (1874)
Hewitson, 1868
Descriptions of one Hundred new Species of Hesperidae. (2) Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): [2] + pp. 25 (from sp. 7 hypaepa)-56
Karsch, 1896
Aethiepische Hesperiiden Ent. Nachr. 22 (24) : 372-378
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history Butterflies of Kenya
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Linnaeus, 1764
Museum S'ae R'ae M'tis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque Mus. Lud. Ulr. : 1-720
Trimen, 1868
On some undescribed Species of South Africa Butterflies, including a new Genus of Lycaenidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1868 (1) : 69-96, pl. 5-6
Trimen, 1873
On some new species of Butterflies discovered in Extra-Tropical Southern Africa Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1873 (2) : 101-124, pl. 1
Wallengren, 1857
Kafferlandets Dag-fjärilar, insamlade åren 1838-1845 af J. A. Wahlberg / Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in Terra Caffrorum annis 1838-1845 collecta a J. A. Wahlberg K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4) : 1-55

	prev	next	Scientific names	Finnish names	English names
All	Lepella	Tsitana	Metisella	(metisella)	Sylphs


Goto: