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Spialia agylla

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Spialia agylla

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Spialia

Rank
  
Species

Spialia agylla, the grassveld sandman, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is 20–22 mm for males and 22–24 mm for females. Adults are on wing from August to April with peaks in midsummer. There are several generations per year.

The larvae feed on Hermannia species and Pavonia burchelli.

Subspecies

  • Spialia agylla agylla (western Cape to the southern part of the northern Cape, across the western part of the eastern Cape to the Orange Free State, eastern Lesotho, southern Gauteng, south-western Mpumalanga and the arid savanna in the North West Province)
  • Spialia agylla bamptoni Vári, 1976 (around the coastal border of the western Cape and Namaqualand in the northern Cape)

    • References

    Spialia agylla Wikipedia
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