''Spialia doris'', the Aden skipper or desert grizzled skipper, is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

of the family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...

. It is found in

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

and

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. In the

Atlas Mountains The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. They separate the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range, which stretches around through M ...

it is found at heights of 400 to 1,750 meters above sea-level. The

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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 ''Ipomoea'' () is the largest genus in the plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 600 species. It is a large and diverse group, with common names including morning glory, Ipomoea aquatica, water convolvulus or water spinach, sweet potato, ...

'' species.Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae
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Subspecies

*''Spialia doris doris'' (Sudan, northern Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Arabia, southern Iran, Pakistan) *''Spialia doris amenophis'' (Reverdin, 1914) (northern Egypt: Nile Valley) *''Spialia doris daphne'' Evans, 1949 (Mauritania, south-western Morocco) *''Spialia doris evanida'' (Butler, 1880) (southern Turkmenia, southern Uzbekistan)

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Spialia Butterflies of Asia Butterflies described in 1951 Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) {{Pyrginae-stub