Tsitana
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Tsitana, commonly called sylphs, is a genus of skippers
in the family Hesperiidae are found primarily in Africa
. These are small to medium-sized skippers that are primarily unmarked bown of the upperside wings. For other sylphs see genus Metisella
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Skipper (butterfly)
A skipper or skipper butterfly is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. They are named after their quick, darting flight habits. There are more than 3500 recognized species of skippers and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South...
in the family Hesperiidae are found primarily in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. These are small to medium-sized skippers that are primarily unmarked bown of the upperside wings. For other sylphs see genus Metisella
Metisella
Metisella is a genus of skippers, commonly called sylphs, in the family Hesperiidae found in Africa. For other sylphs see genera Astictopterus and Tsitana.-Species:*Metisella abdeli...
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Species
Listed alphabetically.- Tsitana dicksoniTsitana dicksoniDickson’s Sylph is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in South Africa where it is only known from the Franschhoek Pass and Klein Drakenstein Mountains in the west Cape and Garcia’s and Robinson Pass....
Evans, 1955 – Dickson's Sylph - Tsitana tsitaTsitana tsitaThe Dismal Sylph is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Winterberg and Amatolas in the eastern Cape along the Drakensberg into Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal down to sea level from Durban across the midlands to the Tugela, the Orange Free State, the eastern part of the North West...
(Trimen, 1870) – Dismal Sylph - Tsitana tulbaghaTsitana tulbaghaThe Tulbagh Sylph is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in South Africa.The wingspan is 30-40 mm for males and 40-41 for females. Adults are on wing from September to December...
Evans, 1937 – Tulbagh Sylph - Tsitana uitenhagaTsitana uitenhagaThe Uitenhage Sylph is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is only known from dry grassy scrubland in the Nama Karoo from the West Cape to the East Cape in South Africa....
Evans, 1937 – Uitenhage Sylph - Tsitana wallaceiTsitana wallaceiTsitana wallacei is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Africa, including the Mwinilunga area of north-western Zambia and the Katavi National Park in western Tanzania....
(Neave, 1910) – Wallace's Sylph