''Spialia'' is a genus of
skippers in 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 ...
, 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'' and 14 species were moved to the new genus ''
Ernsta''.
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Species
These species belong to the genus ''Spialia'':[
* '']Spialia ali
''Spialia'' is a genus of skipper (butterfly), skippers in the family Hesperiidae, 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 ...
'' 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'' Zhdanko, 1992
* '' Spialia galba'' (Fabricius, 1793) (indian skipper)
* '' Spialia geron'' (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'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845) (persian skipper)
* '' Spialia rosae'' Hernández-Roldán, Dapporto, Dinca, Vicente & Vila, 2016
* '' Spialia sertorius'' (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) (red-underwing skipper)
* '' Spialia spio'' (Linnaeus, 1764) (mountain sandman)
* '' Spialia struvei'' (Püngeler, 1914)
* '' Spialia therapne'' (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
The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) was an international initiative dedicated to supporting the development of DNA barcoding as a global standard for species identification. CBOL's Secretariat Office is hosted by the National Museum of ...
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Charles Swinhoe
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