''Tsitana'', commonly called sylphs, is a genus of skippers in the family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...

are found primarily in

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. These are small to medium-sized skippers that are primarily unmarked brown of the upperside wings. For other sylphs see genus ''

Metisella ''Metisella'' is a genus of skipper (butterfly), skippers, commonly called sylphs, in the family Hesperiidae found in Africa. For other sylphs see genera ''Astictopterus'', ''Willema'', and ''Tsitana''. Species *''Metisella abdeli'' (Krüger, 19 ...

''.

Species

Listed alphabetically:''Tsitana''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''] *''

Tsitana dicksoni ''Tsitana dicksoni'', the Dickson's sylph, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South Africa where it is only known from the Franschhoek Pass and Klein Drakenstein Mountains in the Western Cape and Garcia's and Robinson Pass ...

'' Evans, 1955 – Dickson's sylph *''

Tsitana tsita ''Tsitana tsita'', the dismal sylph, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. 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 ...

'' (Trimen, 1870) – dismal sylph *''

Tsitana tulbagha ''Tsitana tulbagha'', the Tulbagh sylph, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South Africa. The habitat consists of grassy, rocky areas in fynbos and Karoo. The wingspan is 30–40 mm for males and 40–41 mm for fe ...

'' Evans, 1937 – Tulbagh sylph *'' Tsitana uitenhaga'' Evans, 1937 – Uitenhage sylph *'' Tsitana wallacei'' (Neave, 1910) – Wallace's sylph

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Heteropterinae Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by William Harry Evans Taxa described in 1937 {{Hesperiidae-stub