Spialia

Spialia
File:Mafa Sandman Spialia mafa.jpg
Spialia mafa in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Pyrginae
Tribe:	Carcharodini
Genus:	Spialia Swinhoe, 1912

Spialia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, commonly called Grizzled Skippers' or Sandmen, mainly found in Africa and Asia.

Species

Listed alphabetically.

• Spialia agylla (Trimen, 1889) – Grassveld Sandman
• Spialia asterodia (Trimen, 1864) – Star Sandman
• Spialia colotes (Druce, 1875) – Bushveld Sandman
• Spialia confusa (Higgins, 1925) – Confusing Sandman
• Spialia delagoae (Trimen, 1898) – Delagoa Grizzled Skipper, Delagoa Sandman
• Spialia depauperata (Strand, 1911) – Deprived Grizzled Skipper, Wandering Sandman
• Spialia diomus (Höpffer, 1855) – Diomus Grizzled Skipper
• Spialia doris (Walker, 1870) – Aden Skipper, Desert Grizzled Skipper
• Spialia dromus (Plötz, 1884) – Forest Sandman, Dromus Grizzled Skipper, or Large Grizzled Skippe
• Spialia galba (Fabricius, 1793) – Indian Skipper, Indian Grizzled Skipper
• Spialia geron (Watson, 1893)
• Spialia kituina (Karsch, 1896) – Kitui Grizzled Skipper
• Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870) – Mafa Sandman
• Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899) – Arabian Grizzled Skipper
• Spialia nanus (Trimen, 1889) – Dwarf Sandman
• Spialia orbifer (Hübner, [1823]) - Hungarian Skipper
• Spialia osthelderi (Pfeiffer, 1932)
• Spialia paula (Higgins, 1925) – Mite Sandman
• Spialia phlomidis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845) – Persian Skipper
• Spialia ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891) – Froest Grizzled Skipper
• Spialia sataspes (Trimen, 1864) – Boland Sandman
• Spialia secessus (Trimen, 1891) – Wolkberg Sandman
• Spialia sertorius (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) – Red Underwing Skipper
• Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764) – Spio Grizzled Skipper
• Spialia struvei (Püngeler, 1914)
• Spialia therapne (Rambur, 1832)
• Spialia wrefordi Evans, 1951 – Wreford's Grizzled Skipper
• Spialia zebra (Butler, 1888)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
• 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