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Spialia doris

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Spialia doris

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Spialia

Rank
  
Species

Spialia doris

Similar
  
Melitaea deserticola, Euchloe falloui, Polyommatus loewii, Gomalia elma, Spialia phlomidis

Spialia doris, the Aden skipper or desert grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Somalia and India. In the Atlas mountains it is found at heights of 400 to 1,750 meters above sea-level.

The wingspan 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 species.

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)

    • References

    Spialia doris Wikipedia
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