Spialia
| Spialia | |
|---|---|
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| Spialia mafa in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Carcharodini |
| Genus: | Spialia Swinhoe, 1912 |
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.
Species
- Spialia agylla (Trimen, 1889) – grassveld sandman
- Spialia asterodia (Trimen, 1864) – star sandman
- Spialia colotes (Druce, 1875) – bushveld sandman
- Spialia confusa (Higgins, 1925) – confusing sandman
- Spialia delagoae (Trimen, 1898) – Delagoa grizzled skipper, Delagoa sandman
- Spialia depauperata (Strand, 1911) – deprived grizzled skipper, wandering sandman
- Spialia diomus (Höpffer, 1855) – Diomus grizzled skipper
- Spialia doris (Walker, 1870) – Aden skipper, desert grizzled skipper
- Spialia dromus (Plötz, 1884) – forest sandman, dromus grizzled skipper, or large grizzled skipper
- Spialia galba (Fabricius, 1793) – Indian skipper, Indian grizzled skipper
- Spialia geron (Watson, 1893)
- Spialia kituina (Karsch, 1896) – Kitui grizzled skipper
- Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870) – Mafa sandman
- Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899) – Arabian grizzled skipper
- Spialia nanus (Trimen, 1889) – dwarf sandman
- Spialia orbifer (Hübner, [1823]) - Hungarian skipper
- Spialia osthelderi (Pfeiffer, 1932)
- Spialia paula (Higgins, 1925) – mite sandman
- Spialia phlomidis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845) – Persian skipper
- Spialia ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891) – forest grizzled skipper
- Spialia rosae (Hernández-Roldán, Dapporto, Dincă, Vicente & Vila, 2016)
- Spialia sataspes (Trimen, 1864) – Boland sandman
- Spialia secessus (Trimen, 1891) – Wolkberg sandman
- Spialia sertorius (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) – red underwing skipper
- Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764) – Spio grizzled skipper
- Spialia struvei (Püngeler, 1914)
- Spialia therapne (Rambur, 1832)
- Spialia wrefordi Evans, 1951 – Wreford's grizzled skipper
- Spialia zebra (Butler, 1888)
References
- ↑ Spialia, funet.fi
- ↑ Hernández-Roldán, Juan L.; Dapporto, Leonardo; Dincă, Vlad; Vicente, Juan C.; Hornett, Emily A.; Šíchová, Jindra; Lukhtanov, Vladimir; Talavera, Gerard; Vila, Roger (2016). "Integrative analyses unveil speciation linked to host plant shift in Spialia butterflies". Molecular Ecology. doi:10.1111/mec.13756.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 75
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