Spialia doris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Spialia |
Species: | S. doris |
Binomial name | |
Spialia doris | |
Synonyms | |
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Spialia doris, the Aden skipper or desert grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Somalia and India. In the Atlas Mountains it is found at heights of 400 to 1,750 meters above sea-level.
The wingspan is 22–26 mm. Adults are on wing from March to May and from August to September in two generations.
The larvae feed on Convolvolus lanatus , Convolvolus caputmedusae , Convolvolus trabutianus and Ipomoea species. [2]
Spialia galba, the Indian grizzled skipper, is a hesperiid butterfly which is found in South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia.
The rosy grizzled skipper is a species of skipper.
Spialia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, which are mainly found in Africa and Asia. They are commonly called grizzled skippers or sandmen.
Spialia phlomidis, the Persian skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, southern Russia, Asia Minor and Iran. The habitat consists of dry steppe habitats at moderate elevations.
Gegenes pumilio, the pigmy skipper or dark Hottentot, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea through Anatolia to the Himalaya and south in the whole of Africa.
Spialia delagoae, the Delagoa sandman or Delagoa grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Namibia, Botswana, Transvaal, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Kenya. The habitat consists of moist and dry savanna.
Spialia depauperata, the wandering sandman or deprived grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Kenya to Natal and in Uganda.
Spialia dromus, the forest sandman, dromus grizzled skipper or large grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in tropical Africa. In South Africa it is found along the eastern Cape coast to KwaZulu-Natal into Eswatini. It is also present in Mpumalanga and the Limpopo Province into northern Gauteng and the extreme north-west of the North West Province.
Spialia diomus, the common sandman or Diomus grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in tropical Africa and south-western Arabia.
Spialia spio, the mountain sandman or Spio grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in tropical Africa and south-western Arabia. It is found in eastern South Africa.
Spialia colotes, the Bushveld sandman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. The species was first described by Herbert Druce in 1875. It is found in Angola, Botswana and from South Africa to Ethiopia and south-western Arabia.
Spialia mafa, the Mafa grizzled skipper or Mafa sandman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in south-western Africa, in KwaZulu-Natal, Botswana, Zimbabwe and from the Cape in South Africa to Sudan and southern Arabia.
Spialia orbifer, the orbed red-underwing skipper or Hungarian skipper is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from south-eastern Europe and temperate Asia to Korea. The habitat consists of steppe on plains and grassy slopes in the mountains.
Spialia wrefordi, Wreford's grizzled skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in western and southern north-eastern Uganda and central and south-eastern Kenya.
Spialia kituina, the Kitui grizzled skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in north-western, central and eastern Kenya.
Spialia mangana, the Arabian grizzled skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Rebel in 1899. It is found in Yemen, Oman, The United Arab Emirates, Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda and northern Kenya.
Spialia osthelderi, Osthelder's skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Asia Minor, the Middle East to Lebanon and through Iraq and Iran to Afghanistan. The habitat consists of dry stream beds and stony slopes in mountainous areas up to altitudes of 2,600 meters.
Spialia ploetzi, the forest grizzled skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Spialia zebra, the zebra grizzled skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Pakistan, India, Yemen, Oman, Ethiopia, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and north-western Tanzania.