| Wolkberg Sandman | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Spialia |
| Species: | S. secessus |
| Binomial name | |
| Spialia secessus (Trimen, 1891)[1] |
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The Wolkberg Sandman (Spialia secessus) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in high Savannah and montane grasslands from Swaziland to northern KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern part of the Limpopo Province and Mpumalanga. It is also present in Zimbabwe.
The wingspan is 27–31 mm for males and 30–32 mm for females. Adults are on wing from July to March with peaks from September to November for the wet season form and in February for the dry season form. There are several generations per year.[2]