Spialia | |
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Spialia mafa in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Carcharodini |
Genus: |
Spialia Swinhoe, 1912 |
Spialia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, which are mainly found in Africa and Asia. They are commonly called grizzled skippers or sandmen.
As a result of genomic research published in 2020, 3 species of Spialia were moved to the new genus Agyllia and 14 species were moved to the new genus Ernsta. [1]
These species belong to the genus Spialia: [1] [2] [3]
Spialia | |
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Spialia mafa in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Carcharodini |
Genus: |
Spialia Swinhoe, 1912 |
Spialia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, which are mainly found in Africa and Asia. They are commonly called grizzled skippers or sandmen.
As a result of genomic research published in 2020, 3 species of Spialia were moved to the new genus Agyllia and 14 species were moved to the new genus Ernsta. [1]
These species belong to the genus Spialia: [1] [2] [3]