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The Mountain Sylph or Shaka's Ranger (''Metisella aegipan'') is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in the mountains of the Cape in South Africa and in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Lesotho. The habitat consists of wetlands, marshy places and grassy gullies, in montane grassland.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae )〕 The wingspan is 28–34 mm for males and 28–36 mm for females.〔Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 These small to medium-sized skippers are brown on the upper side and yellow-brown on the underside. They have a yellow patch on the upperside forewing.〔 Their flight period is between December and February with a single brood.〔 ==Subspecies== *''Metisella aegipan aegipan'' (South Africa, Lesotho) *''Metisella aegipan inyanga'' Evans, 1955 (Zimbabwe, Mozambique) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Metisella aegipan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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