Spialia colotes
| Bushveld Sandman | |
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| Spialia colotes figure 11 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Spialia |
| Species: | S. colotes |
| Binomial name | |
| Spialia colotes (Druce, 1875)[1] | |
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The Bushveld Sandman (Spialia colotes) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana and from South Africa to Ethiopia and south-western Arabia.
These skippers are dark brown with white spots on both sides of the wings.[2]
Wingspan is from 21–28 mm.[2]
Flight period is from December to May, with a single brood.[2]
The larvae feed on Hibiscus fuscus.
Subspecies
- Spialia colotes colotes (Angola)
- Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978 (Ethiopia, Somalia, eastern Kenya, north-eastern Uganda, south-western Arabia)
- Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen, 1889) -Transvaal Grizzled Skipper (South West Africa, Botswana, Transvaal, from Zimbabwe to Kenya)
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