Tsitana

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 brown of the upperside wings.^[1] For other sylphs see genus Metisella.

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[2]

• Tsitana dicksoni Evans, 1955 – Dickson's sylph
• Tsitana tsita (Trimen, 1870) – dismal sylph
• Tsitana tulbagha Evans, 1937 – Tulbagh sylph
• Tsitana uitenhaga Evans, 1937 – Uitenhage sylph
• Tsitana wallacei (Neave, 1910) – Wallace's sylph

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database