Life
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Hesperioidea
Hesperiidae
Pyrginae
- Spialia Swinhoe, [1912]
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Grizzled Skippers, Sandmen
Spialia Swinhoe, [1912]; in Moore, Lepidoptera Indica, 10 (113): 99, TS: Hesperia galba Fabricius
Spialia (Pyrginae) ; [BK, 403]; [AfrL]
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]
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]
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]
W.Kazakhstan
?Spialia fetida Zhdanko, 1992; Trudy Zool. inst. 248: (184-186)
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]
Spialia evanidus adenensis Butler, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.: 493, TL: Aden
Spialia doris doris ; [BK: 404, pl. 59, f. 769]; [AfrL]
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]
N.Egypt
Spialia doris amenophis ; [BMAT: 93 (note)]; [AfrL]
S.Turkmenia, S.Uzbekistan
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]
N.Irak
orbifer hilaris (Staudinger, 1901); , TL: N.Mesopotamia
Afghanistan
orbifer carnea (Reverdin, 1927); , TL: Afghanistan
Tian-Shan
orbifer lugens (Staudinger, 1886); , TL: E.Tian-Shan
Spialia lugens ;
Altai, S.Urals
orbifer pseudolugens P. Gorbunov, 1995; , TL: Altai and S.Urals
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]
366x348 (~39Kb) Mt. Canigou, Pyrenees Orientales, France 27/7/96, Photo © Simon Coombes
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450x363 (~35Kb) upperside Mt. Canigou, Pyrenees Orientales, France 27/7/96, Photo © Simon Coombes
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Larva on
Sanguisorba,
Rubus,
Potentilla [H&R],
Sanguisorba minor,
Potentilla verna,
Rubus idaeus [BMAT]
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]
Corsica, Sardinia. See [About maps]
Hesperia therapne Rambur, 1832; Annls Soc. ent. Fr. 1: 265, TL: Corsica
Spialia therapne ; [Otakar Kudrna]
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]
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
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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
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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Spialia agylla agylla ; [AfrL]
Spialia agylla r. bamptoni Vári, 1976; Ann. Transv. Mus. 30: 121
Spialia agylla bamptoni ; [AfrL]
Angola, Botswana, S.Africa - Ethiopia, SW.Arabia. See [About maps]
Spialia colotes ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 38]; [AfrL]
Spialia colotes colotes ; [AfrL]
Ethiopia, SW.Arabia
Spialia colotes semiconfluens ; [BK, 405 (note)]; [AfrL]
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]
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]
Spialia confusa confusa ; [AfrL]
Spialia confusa obscura ; [BK: 405, pl. 59, f. 771]; [AfrL]
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]
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]
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]
Spialia diomus diomus ; [BK: 404, pl. 59, f. 768]; [AfrL]
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]
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]
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]
Spialia mafa mafa ; [AfrL]
Spialia mafa higginsi ; [BK: 405, pl. 59, f. 772]; [AfrL]
N.Kenya, Uganda. See [About maps]
Wreford's Grizzled Skipper
Spialia wrefordi ; [BK: 405, pl. 59, f. 773]; [AfrL]
Botswana, Transvaal, Rhodesia. See [About maps]
Hesperia paula Higgins, 1925; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1925: 77
Spialia paula ; [AfrL]
W.Kenya - W.Africa. See [About maps]
Froest Grizzled Skipper
Syrichtus ploetzi ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 46]
Spialia ploetzi ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Triumfetta [BK]
W.Kenya
Spialia ploetzi ploetzi ; [BK: 406, pl. 59, f. 775]; [AfrL]
W.Africa
Spialia ploetzi occidentalis ; [BK: 406 (note)]; [AfrL]
SW.Arabia, Somalia, Ethiopia, N.Kenya, Uganda (Karamoja). See [About maps]
Arabian Grizzled Skipper
Spialia mangana ; [BK: 406, pl. 59, f. 776]; [AfrL]
Kenya - Natal, Uganda. See [About maps]
Deprived Grizzled Skipper
Spialia depauperata ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Melhania [BK]
Spialia depauperata depauperata ; [BK: 407, pl. 59, f. 779]; [AfrL]
Spialia depauperata australis ; [AfrL]
Kenya. See [About maps]
Kitui Grizzled Skipper
bettoni (Butler, 1898)
Spialia kituina ; [BK: 403, pl. 59, f. 766]; [AfrL]
Larva on
Sida [BK]
Uganda. See [About maps]
Syrichtus rebeli ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 47]
-. See [About maps]
Spialia zebra ; [AfrL]
Pakistan, Punjab
Spialia zebra zebra ; [BK, 407 (note)]
Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, SW.Arabia
Spialia zebra bifida ; [BK: 407, pl. 59, f. 778]; [AfrL]
Larva on
Melhania,
Dombeya [BK]
1.6.2009 (30)
- 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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Markku Savela
Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.