Spialia wrefordi

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Spialia wrefordi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Spialia
Species:
S. wrefordi
Binomial name
Spialia wrefordi
Evans, 1951 [1]

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. [2]

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