Spialia depauperata, the wandering sandman or deprived grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Kenya to Natal and in Uganda.
| Spialia depauperata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Spialia |
| Species: | S. depauperata
|
| Binomial name | |
| Spialia depauperata | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
The wingspan is 23–28 mm for males and 31–33 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks from September to December and from January to March in southern Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Melhania species.
Subspecies
edit- Spialia depauperata depauperata (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique)
- Spialia depauperata australis de Jong, 1978 (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, northern and eastern Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa: from northern KwaZulu-Natal, and Mpumalanga to the Limpopo Province)
References
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spialia depauperata.
Wikispecies has information related to Spialia depauperata.
- ^ Spialia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
 | This Pyrginae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |