''Spialia'' is a genus of
skippers in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
, which are mainly found in Africa and Asia. They are commonly called grizzled skippers or sandmen.
As a result of genomic research published in 2020, 3 species of ''Spialia'' were moved to the new genus ''
Agyllia
''Agyllia'' is a genus of spread-wing skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previous ...
'' and 14 species were moved to the new genus ''
Ernsta
''Ernsta'' is a genus of spread-wing skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previousl ...
''.
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Species
These species belong to the genus ''Spialia'':[
* '' Spialia ali'' Oberthür, 1881
* '' Spialia carnea'' (Reverdin, 1927)
* '' Spialia diomus'' (Hopffer, 1855) (common sandman)
* '' Spialia doris'' (Walker, 1870) (desert grizzled skipper)
* '' Spialia ferax'' (Wallengren, 1863) (ferax grizzled skipper)
* '']Spialia fetida
''Spialia struvei'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey t ...
'' Zhdanko, 1992
* '' Spialia galba'' (Fabricius, 1793) (indian skipper)
* ''Spialia geron
''Spialia geron'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Afghanistan and western Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world ...
'' (Watson, 1893)
* '' Spialia irida'' Zhdanko, 1993
* '' Spialia lugens'' (Staudinger, 1886)
* ''Spialia mafa
''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.
Thes ...
'' (Trimen, 1870) (mafa sandman)
* '' Spialia orbifer'' (Hübner, 1823) (orbed red-underwing skipper)
* '' Spialia osthelderi'' (Pfeiffer, 1932)
* ''Spialia phlomidis
''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.
The ...
'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845) (persian skipper)
* ''Spialia rosae
''Spialia rosae'' is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found only in Spain.
The larvae feed on rose
A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. ...
'' Hernández-Roldán, Dapporto, Dinca, Vicente & Vila, 2016
* '' Spialia sertorius'' (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) (red-underwing skipper)
* ''Spialia spio
''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. In South Africa it is found all over the eastern side of the country.
The wingspa ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1764) (mountain sandman)
* ''Spialia struvei
''Spialia struvei'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Iran to Dzungaria
Dzungaria (; from the Mongolian language, Mongolian words , meaning 'left hand') is a geographical subregion in Northwest China that corresponds ...
'' (Püngeler, 1914)
* ''Spialia therapne
''Spialia therapne'', the Corsican red-underwing skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found on the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia.
The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The underside of hindwing is brick-red, with a ...
'' (Rambur, 1832) (corsican red-underwing skipper)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 75
External links
Images representing ''Spialia''
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Hesperiidae genera
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