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Spialia depauperata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Spialia depauperata

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Spialia

Rank
  
Species

Spialia depauperata, the wandering sandman or deprived grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Kenya to Natal and in Uganda.

The wingspan is 23–28 mm for males and 31–33 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks from September to December and from January to March in southern Africa.

The larvae feed on Melhania species.

Subspecies

  • Spialia depauperata depauperata (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique)
  • Spialia depauperata australis de Jong, 1978 (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, northern and eastern Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa: from northern KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and Mpumalanga to the Limpopo Province)

    • References

    Spialia depauperata Wikipedia
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