Spialia mangana

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Arabian grizzled skipper in United Arab Emirates

Spialia mangana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Spialia
Species:
S. mangana
Binomial name
Spialia mangana
(Rebel, 1899) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia (Pyrgus) manganaRebel, 1899

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. [2]

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