Metisella abdeli, the eastern sylph, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.

It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Eswatini.

[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing year round.

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