| Spialia dromus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Spialia |
| Species: | S. dromus |
| Binomial name | |
| Spialia dromus (Plötz, 1884)[1] |
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The Forest Sandman, Dromus Grizzled Skipper or Large Grizzled Skipper (Spialia dromus) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in tropical Africa. In South Africa it is found along the eastern Cape coast to KwaZulu-Natal into Swaziland. It is also present in Mpumalanga and the Limpopo Province into northern Gauteng and the extreme north-west of the North West Province.
The wingspan is 23-29 mm for males and 29-32 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round but are more common in warmer months[2].
The larvae feed on Triumfetta tomentosa, Triumfetta rhomboidea, Melhania and Waltheria species.