Marsh Sylph (Metisellam meninx) – Skipper

Family Hesperiidae

The sexes are very similar. In the photographs, the first two are of the female and the last two, the male.

These skippers have a very small distribution area which covers the New Castle area, the western Mpumalanga and Gauteng then are only found in flatlands and wetlands.

Females lay a single white to pale blue egg on certain marsh grasses.

Info from: Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa (Steve Woodhall)