Spialia depauperata
| Spialia depauperata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Spialia |
| Species: | S. depauperata |
| Binomial name | |
| Spialia depauperata (Strand, 1911)[1] | |
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The Wandering Sandman or Deprived Grizzled Skipper (Spialia depauperata) 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.[2]
The larvae feed on Melhania species.
Subspecies
- Spialia depauperata depauperata (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of 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)
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