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Spialia Swinhoe, [1912]
Grizzled Skippers, Sandmen
Spialia Swinhoe, [1912]; in Moore, Lepidoptera Indica, 10 (113): 99, TS: Hesperia galba Fabricius
Spialia (Pyrginae) ; [BK, 403]; [AfrL]
Spialia phlomidis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845)
Balkans, S.Russia, Asia Minor, Iran. See [About maps] Persian Skipper
phlomidis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845); : 153, (iii) pl. 2, f. 8-9, TL: Sea of Marmora
jason Oberthür, 1912
eupator Hemming, 1932
Spialia phlomidis [Ilya Osipov]
 Spialia phlomidis ; [BOW: pl. 11, f. 30]; [BRU, 115]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Convolvulus libanotica [BRU]

Spialia osthelderi (Pfeiffer, 1932)
Asia Minor, Middle East - Lebanon, Iraq, Iran - Afghanistan. See [About maps] osthelderi (Pfeiffer, 1932); Mitt. Münch. ent. Ges. 22 (2): 50, pl. 4, f. 14-15, 18, TL: Taurus Mts, S. Turkey
Spialia osthelderi [Ilya Osipov]
 Spialia osthelderi ; [BRU, 115]
S. o. gecko Evans, 1949
Kopet-Dagh
Spialia struvei (Püngeler, 1914)
Iran - Dzhungaria. See [About maps] struvei (Püngeler, 1914); Dt. ent. Z. Iris 28 (1) : 37, TL: E. Tian-Shan
Spialia struvei [Ilya Osipov]
 Spialia struvei ; [BRU, 115]
S. s. irida Zhdanko, 1993
Alaisky Mts.
S. s. fetida Zhdanko, 1992
W.Kazakhstan ?Spialia fetida Zhdanko, 1992; Trudy Zool. inst. 248: (184-186)
Spialia geron (Watson, 1893)
Afghanistan, Pakistan. See [About maps]
Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
Morocco - Egypt, Arabia, N.India, E.Africa. See [About maps] Aden Skipper Desert Grizzled Skipper
Nisoniades doris Walker, 1870; Entomologist 5 (4): 56, TL: Tajora (Straits of Bab-el-Mendeb) [Egypt]
Spialia doris [Ilya Osipov]
 Spialia doris ; [BRU, 116]; [AfrL]

Larva on Convolvulus lanatus, (Egypt) [H&R]

S. d. doris
Spialia evanidus adenensis Butler, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.: 493, TL: Aden
Spialia doris doris ; [BK: 404, pl. 59, f. 769]; [AfrL]
S. d. daphne Evans, 1949
SW.Morocco Spialia doris daphne Evans, 1949; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 19: 177, TL: High Atlas, Ziz Valley (Morocco)
Spialia doris daphne ; [BMAT: 92, pl. 30, f. 34-37]; [AfrL]

Larva on Convolvulus trabutianus, C. lanatus, C. caputmedusae, (in Sinai) Convolvulus sp., Ipomoea stolonifera [BMAT]

S. d. amenophis (Reverdin, 1914)
N.Egypt Spialia doris amenophis ; [BMAT: 93 (note)]; [AfrL]
S. d. evanida (Butler, 1880)
S.Turkmenia, S.Uzbekistan
Spialia orbifer (Hübner, [1823])
SEEU, Temperate Asia - Korea. See [About maps] orbifer (Hübner, [1823]); Samml. eur. Schmett. [1] : pl. 161, f. 803-806, TL: Hungary
tesselloides Herrich-Schäffer, [1845]
minor Rebel, 1909
Spialia orbifer [Simon Coombes]
 Spialia orbifer ; [BRU, 116]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Rubus idaeus, Sanguisorba officinalis, S. minor, Potentilla gelida [BRU]

S. o. hilaris (Staudinger, 1901)
N.Irak orbifer hilaris (Staudinger, 1901); , TL: N.Mesopotamia
S. o. carnea (Reverdin, 1927)
Afghanistan orbifer carnea (Reverdin, 1927); , TL: Afghanistan
S. o. lugens (Staudinger, 1886)
Tian-Shan orbifer lugens (Staudinger, 1886); , TL: E.Tian-Shan
Spialia lugens ;
S. o. pseudolugens P. Gorbunov, 1995
Altai, S.Urals orbifer pseudolugens P. Gorbunov, 1995; , TL: Altai and S.Urals
Spialia sertorius (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
NAF, SEU, W.Asia, Chitral, Altai, Tibet, Amur. See [About maps] Red Underwing Skipper Sertorio Powszelatek sertor
Hesperia sertorius Hoffmannsegg, 1804; Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 3: 203, TL: Germany
sao Hübner, ?; (invalid homonym)
hibiscae Hemming, 1936
Spialia sertorius [Simon Coombes]
 Spialia sertorius ; [BOW: pl. 11, f. 31-32]; [Otakar Kudrna]
[sertorius-1.jpg] 366x348 (~39Kb) Mt. Canigou, Pyrenees Orientales, France 27/7/96, Photo © Simon Coombes [sertorius-1u.jpg] 450x363 (~35Kb) upperside Mt. Canigou, Pyrenees Orientales, France 27/7/96, Photo © Simon Coombes

Larva on Sanguisorba, Rubus, Potentilla [H&R], Sanguisorba minor, Potentilla verna, Rubus idaeus [BMAT]


S. s. ali (Oberthür, 1881)
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia Syrichtus ali Oberthür, 1881; Étud. d'Ent. 6: 61, pl. 2, f. 3, TL: Oran Constantine [Lambessa] (Algeria)
Syrichtus sao therapnoïdes Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4 : 385, pl. 54, f. 448, TL: Sebdou (Algeria)
Spialia sertorius ali f. rungsi Picard, 1950; [BMAT: 123], TL: Ifrane (Morocco)
Spialia sertorius ali ; [BMAT: 92, pl. 30, f. 29-33]

Larva on Sanguisorba magnolii [BMAT]

Spialia therapne (Rambur, 1832)
Corsica, Sardinia. See [About maps] Hesperia therapne Rambur, 1832; Annls Soc. ent. Fr. 1: 265, TL: Corsica
Spialia therapne ; [Otakar Kudrna]
Spialia galba (Fabricius, 1793)
Ceylon, S.India - N.Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Hainan. See [About maps] Indian Skipper Indian Grizzled Skipper
Hesperia galba Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 352, TL: Tranquebar, S.India
Pyrgus superna Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 792, TL: Calcutta
Spialia galba [Yutaka Inayoshi]
 Spialia galba ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 41]; [MRS, 716]
[galba-1x.jpg] 732x539 (~49Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikawe beach, a side of a road through shrubbery at the coast, 10th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [galba-1y.jpg] 794x624 (~51Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikawe beach, a side of a road through shrubbery at the coast, 10th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

 
Spialia nanus (Trimen, 1889)
Cape. See [About maps] Pyrgus nanus Trimen, 1889; South-African Butts 3: 290
Syrichtus nanus ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 45]
Spialia nanus ; [AfrL]

Larva on Hermannia pilosula, H. candicans, H. comosa, H. pollens, H. pulverata, Hibiscus aethiopicus, Mahernia sp. [PBSA]

Spialia delagoae (Trimen, 1898)
South West Africa, Botswana, Transvaal, Swaziland, Zululand, Rhodesia, Moçambique, Kenya. See [About maps] Delagoa Grizzled Skipper
Pyrgus delagoae Trimen, 1898; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1898: 15
Syrichtus delagoae ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 43]
Spialia delagoae ; [BK: 406, pl. 59, f. 777]; [AfrL]
Spialia sataspes (Trimen, 1864)
Cape (Coastal). See [About maps] Pyrgus sataspes Trimen, 1864; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2: 178
Syrichtus sataspes ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 48]
Spialia sataspes ; [AfrL]

Larva on Hermannia spp., Hibiscus aethiopicus [PBSA]

Spialia abscondita (Plötz, 1884)
Botswana, Transvaal, Natal, Rhodesia, Moçambique. See [About maps] Pyrgus abscondita Plötz, 1884; Mitt. nat. Ver. Greifsw. 45: 21
Syrichtus abscondita ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 40]
Spialia asterodia (Trimen, 1864)
Lesotho, Natal, Transvaal, Orange Free State, Cape. See [About maps] Pyrgus asterodia Trimen, 1864; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2: 178
Syrichtus asterodia ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 42]
Spialia asterodia ; [AfrL]

Larva on Hermannia pilosula, H. candicans, Hibiscus sp. [PBSA]

Spialia agylla (Trimen, 1889)
Cape. See [About maps] Pyrgus agylla Trimen, 1889; South-African Butts 3: 286
Syrichtus agylla; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 41,#]
Spialia agylla ; [AfrL]

Larva on Hermannia spp. [PBSA]

S. a. agylla
Spialia agylla agylla ; [AfrL]
S. a. bamptoni Vári, 1976
Spialia agylla r. bamptoni Vári, 1976; Ann. Transv. Mus. 30: 121
Spialia agylla bamptoni ; [AfrL]
Spialia colotes (Druce, 1875)
Angola, Botswana, S.Africa - Ethiopia, SW.Arabia. See [About maps] Spialia colotes ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 38]; [AfrL]
S. c. colotes
Spialia colotes colotes ; [AfrL]
S. c. semiconfluens de Jong, 1978
Ethiopia, SW.Arabia Spialia colotes semiconfluens ; [BK, 405 (note)]; [AfrL]
S. c. transvaaliae (Trimen, 1889)
South West Africa, Botswana, Transvaal, Rhodesia - Kenya Transvaal Grizzled Skipper
Pyrgus transvaaliae Trimen, 1889; South-African Butts 3: 286
Spialia colotes transvaaliae ; [BK: 405, pl. 59, f. 770]; [AfrL]

Larva on Hibiscus fuscus [BK]

Spialia confusa (Higgins, 1925)
SE.Africa (Zululand, Rhodesia, Moçambique) - Kenya. See [About maps] Hesperia transvaaliae var. confusa Higgins, 1925; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1925: 90
Spialia confusa ; [AfrL]

Larva on Melhania, Triumfetta [BK]

S. c. confusa
Spialia confusa confusa ; [AfrL]
S. c. obscura Evans, 1937
Spialia confusa obscura ; [BK: 405, pl. 59, f. 771]; [AfrL]
Spialia secessus (Trimen, 1891)
Rhodesia, Transvaal. See [About maps] Pyrgus secessus Trimen, 1891; Proc. zool. soc. Lond. 1891: 102 [dry-season]
Hesperia secessus f. trimeni Aurivillius, 1925; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13 : 564 [wet-season]
Syrichtus secessus ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 49]
Spialia secessus ; [AfrL]
Spialia dromus (Plötz, 1884)
Transkei - Natal (coastal), Tropical Africa. See [About maps] Dromus Grizzled Skipper
Pyrgus dromus Plötz, 1884; Mitt. nat. Ver. Greifsw. 45: 6
Spialia dromus ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 39]; [BK: 406, pl. 59, f. 774]; [AfrL]

Larva on Triumfetta tomentosa, T. rhomboidea [PBSA], Triumfetta, Melhania, Waltheria [BK]

Spialia diomus (Höpffer, 1855)
Tropical Africa, SW.Arabia. See [About maps] Diomus Grizzled Skipper
Syrichtus diomus ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 44]
Spialia diomus ; [AfrL]

Larva on Hibiscus, Sida, Pavonia, Waltheria, Hermannia [BK]

S. d. diomus
Spialia diomus diomus ; [BK: 404, pl. 59, f. 768]; [AfrL]
S. d. ferax (Wallengren, 1863)
South Africa Syrichtus ferax Wallengren, 1863; Wien ent. Monatschr. 7: 137
Spialia diomus ferax ; [AfrL]

Larva on Hermannia pilosula, H. candicans, H. comosa, H. pallius, Hibiscus aethiopicus, Pavonia macrophylla [PBSA]

Spialia spio (Linnaeus, 1764)
Tropical Africa, SW.Arabia. See [About maps] Spio Grizzled Skipper
Papilio spio Linnaeus, 1764; Mus. Lud. Ulr.: 338
Syrichtus spio ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 50]
Spialia spio ; [BK: 404, pl. 59, f. 767]; [AfrL]

Larva on Hermannia candicans, H. pilosula, H. pallius, H. coccocarpa, H. pollens, H. comosa, Pavonia macrophylla, P. columella, Hibiscus gossypinus, H. aethiopicus, Triumfetta sp., Lavatera arborea [PBSA]

Spialia mafa (Trimen, 1870)
Natal, Botswana, Rhodesia, South West Africa, Cape, S.Africa - Sudan, S.Arabia. See [About maps] Mafa Grizzled Skipper
Pyrgus mafa Trimen, 1870; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870: 386
Spialia mafa ; [AfrL]

Larva on Hermannia spp., Hibiscus aethiopicus [PBSA], Hibiscus, Pavonia, Hermannia [BK]

S. m. mafa
Spialia mafa mafa ; [AfrL]
S. m. higginsi Evans, 1937
Spialia mafa higginsi ; [BK: 405, pl. 59, f. 772]; [AfrL]
Spialia wrefordi Evans, 1951
N.Kenya, Uganda. See [About maps] Wreford's Grizzled Skipper
Spialia wrefordi ; [BK: 405, pl. 59, f. 773]; [AfrL]
Spialia paula (Higgins, 1925)
Botswana, Transvaal, Rhodesia. See [About maps] Hesperia paula Higgins, 1925; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1925: 77
Spialia paula ; [AfrL]
Spialia ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891)
W.Kenya - W.Africa. See [About maps] Froest Grizzled Skipper
Syrichtus ploetzi ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 46]
Spialia ploetzi ; [AfrL]

Larva on Triumfetta [BK]

S. p. ploetzi
W.Kenya Spialia ploetzi ploetzi ; [BK: 406, pl. 59, f. 775]; [AfrL]
S. p. occidentalis de Jong, 1977
W.Africa Spialia ploetzi occidentalis ; [BK: 406 (note)]; [AfrL]
Spialia mangana (Rebel, 1899)
SW.Arabia, Somalia, Ethiopia, N.Kenya, Uganda (Karamoja). See [About maps] Arabian Grizzled Skipper
Spialia mangana ; [BK: 406, pl. 59, f. 776]; [AfrL]

 
Spialia depauperata (Strand, 1911)
Kenya - Natal, Uganda. See [About maps] Deprived Grizzled Skipper
Spialia depauperata ; [AfrL]

Larva on Melhania [BK]

S. d. depauperata
Spialia depauperata depauperata ; [BK: 407, pl. 59, f. 779]; [AfrL]
S. d. australis de Jong, 1978
Spialia depauperata australis ; [AfrL]
Spialia kituina (Karsch, 1896)
Kenya. See [About maps] Kitui Grizzled Skipper
bettoni (Butler, 1898)
Spialia kituina ; [BK: 403, pl. 59, f. 766]; [AfrL]

Larva on Sida [BK]

?Spialia rebeli Higgins²
Uganda. See [About maps] Syrichtus rebeli ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 47]
Spialia zebra (Butler, 1888)
-. See [About maps] Spialia zebra ; [AfrL]
S. z. zebra
Pakistan, Punjab Spialia zebra zebra ; [BK, 407 (note)]
S. z. bifida (Higgins, 1924)
Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, SW.Arabia Spialia zebra bifida ; [BK: 407, pl. 59, f. 778]; [AfrL]

Larva on Melhania, Dombeya [BK]


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[AfrL]
Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BHL]
The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[BK]
Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
[BMAT]
Tennent, John, 1996; The butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; ISBN 0 906802 05 9
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[BRU]
Tuzov, Bogdanov, Devyatkin, Kaabak, Korolev, Murzin, Samodurov, Tarasov, 1997; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae; Volume 1
[H&R]
Higgins, L.G, Riley, N.D, 1970; A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Ilya Osipov]
The insects from former USSR for collectors Web site; e-mail: Ilya Osipov; http://www.osipov.org/insects/
[MRS]
Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
[Oleg Kosterin]
Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[PBSA]
Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978
[Simon Coombes]
1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:
Aurivillius, 1925
Die Gross-Schmetteringe der Erde; 13 Band; Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13 : 1-613, pl. 1-80
Hübner, [1823]
Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. I. Papiliones - Falter ("Erste Band") Samml. eur. Schmett. [1] (Ziefer?): 3-74 : pl. 1-88, f. 1-446 (1799-1800) pl. 89-96, f. 447-490 (1800-1803) pl. 97-114, f. 491-588 (1803-1804) pl. 115-119, f. 589-612 (1805) pl. 120-124, f. 613-636 (1805-1806) pl. 125-128, f. 637-652 (1806-1808) pl. 129-144, f. 653-727 (1808-1813) pl. 145-147, f. 728-741 (1814-1816) pl. 148-150, f. 742-756 (1816-1817) pl. 151, f. 757-762 (1818-1819) pl. 152-154, f. 757-774 (1819-1822) pl. 155, f. 775-778 (1822-1823) pl. 156-161, f. 779-806 (1823) pl. 162-175, f. 807-874 (1823-1824) pl. 176, f. 869-874 (1824-1825) pl. 177-181, f. 875-895 (1825-1826) (Geyer) pl. 182-187, f. 896-981 (1827-1828) pl. 188-195, f. 922-968 (1828-1832) pl. 196, f. 969-974 (1832-1833) pl. 197-201, f. 975-997 (1834-1836) pl. 202-203, f. 998-1009 (1836-1838) pl. 204-207, f. 1010-1029 (1837-1838)
Linnaeus, 1764
Museum S'ae R'ae M'tis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque Mus. Lud. Ulr.: vi + 720 + [2]
Moore, [1866]
On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 755-823, pl. 32-34
Oberthür, 1910
Notes pour servir à établir la Faune Française et Algérienne des Lépidoptères Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4 : 15-691, pl. 35-58
Pfeiffer, 1932
Diurnae. 2. Fortsetzung. in Osthelder & Pfeiffer, Lepidoptere-Fauna von Marasch in türkisch Nordsyrien Mitt. Münch. ent. Ges. 22 (2): 38-51 [?-87]
Püngeler, 1914
Neue palaearktische Macrolepidopteren Dt. ent. Z. Iris 28 (1) : 37-55, pl. 2-3
Rambur, 1832
Catalogue des Lépidoptéres de l'ile Corse, avec la description et la figure des espéces inédites (1) Annls Soc. ent. Fr. 1: 245-295
Trimen, 1870
Notes on Butterflies collected by J.H. Bowker, Esq., in Basuto-Land, South Africa Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870: 341-390, 1pl
Walker, 1870
A list of the [61] Butterflies collected by J.K. Lord Esq. in Egypt, along the African shore of the Red Sea, and in Arabia; with descriptions of the Species new to Science Entomologist 5 (4): 48-57
Wallengren, 1863
Lepidopterologische Mittheilunge Wien ent. Monatschr. 7: 137-151
Zhdanko, 1992
[A new skipper species of the genus Spialia Swinh. (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) from Kazakhstan] Trudy Zool. inst. 248: 184-186 (Russina)

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