- Spialia doris
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Spialia doris Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Hesperiidae Genus: Spialia Species: S. doris Binomial name Spialia doris
(Walker, 1870)Synonyms - Nisoniades doris Walker, 1870
The Aden Skipper or Desert Grizzled Skipper (Spialia doris) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and India. In the Atlas mountains it is found at heights of 400 to 1,750 meters above sea-level.
The wingspan is 22–26 mm. Adults are on wing from March to May and from August to September in two generations.
The larvae feed on Convolvolus lanatus, Convolvolus caputmedusae and Convolvolus trabutianus.
Subspecies
- Spialia doris doris
- Spialia doris daphne (South-western Morocco)
- Spialia doris amenophis (northern Egypt)
- Spialia doris evanida (southern Turkmenia, southern Uzbekistan)
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