Spialia doris

Spialia doris
Spialia doris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Spialia
Species: S. doris
Binomial name
Spialia doris
(Walker, 1870)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nisoniades doris Walker, 1870
  • Pyrgus evenidus var. adenensis Butler, 1885

The Aden Skipper or Desert Grizzled Skipper (Spialia doris) 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.[2]

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