genus

MetisellaHemming, 1934

Sylphs

species
9out of 2339% covered
images
62

Counts cover images whose name resolved to a species accepted by Catalogue of Life, so they can be lower than the totals on the Collections page. Totals and percentages compare them with the accepted families, genera and species Catalogue of Life places in this taxon.

Species in this genus

Morphospace

Variation in species coloration mapped onto the latent space. Each species is represented by two points, one for its dorsal side and one for its ventral side. The farther apart the dorsal and ventral points are, the more different the two sides are in coloration.

Classification

  • genusMetisella9 species62 images
    • speciesMetisella aegipan(Trimen, 1868)
    • speciesMetisella alticola(Aurivillius, 1925)
    • speciesMetisella angolana(Karsch, 1896)
    • speciesMetisella carsoni(Butler, 1898)
    • speciesMetisella congdoniDe Jong & Kielland, 1983
    • speciesMetisella decipiens(Butler, 1896)
    • speciesMetisella formosus(Butler, 1893)
    • speciesMetisella kakamegade Jong, 1976
    • speciesMetisella kambove(Neave, 1910)
    • speciesMetisella kumbonaEvans, 1937
    • speciesMetisella malgacha(Boisduval, 1833)2 images
    • speciesMetisella medeaEvans, 19371 image
    • speciesMetisella meninx(Trimen, 1873)
    • speciesMetisella metis(Linnaeus, 1764)17 images
    • speciesMetisella midas(Butler, 1893)9 images
    • speciesMetisella orientalis9 images
    • speciesMetisella perexcellens(Butler, 1896)
    • speciesMetisella quadrisignatus(Butler, 1893)9 images
    • speciesMetisella sitebiKielland
    • speciesMetisella syrinx(Trimen, 1868)1 image
    • speciesMetisella trisignatus(Neave, 1904)2 images
    • speciesMetisella tsadicus(Aurivillius, 1905)
    • speciesMetisella willemi(Wallengren, 1857)12 images

Linked species have records in the collection. Species in grey are in the Catalogue of Life classification but have no images here yet.

Source: Catalogue of Life (v2026-08-26 XR)