Metisella metis
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| name = Gold spotted sylph
| image = Gold Spotted Sylph Metisella metis female, Observatory Cape Town.JPG
| image_caption = Female, Cape Town
| taxon = Metisella metis
| authority = (Linnaeus, 1764)[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/heteropterinae/metisella/index.html Metisella] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
| synonyms =
- Papilio metis Linnaeus, 1764
- Hesperia metis
- Cyclopides metis
- Heteropterus metis
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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 paris Evans, 1937 (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape Province)
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Category:Butterflies described in 1764
Category:Butterflies of Africa
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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