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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 brown of the upperside wings. For other sylphs see genus Metisella.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyHesperiidae

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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 brown of the upperside wings. For other sylphs see genus Metisella.

==Species== Listed alphabetically: 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

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