Spialia zebra

Spialia zebra
Spialia zebra zebra (Butler, 1888) as Hesperia hellas in de Niceville (fig.10)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Spialia
Species: S. zebra
Binomial name
Spialia zebra
(Butler, 1888)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pyrgus zebra Butler, 1888
  • Hesperia hellas de Nicéville, 1889
  • Hesperia bifida Higgins, 1924

Spialia zebra, the zebra grizzled skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Pakistan, India, Yemen, Oman, Ethiopia, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2]

The larvae feed on Melhania (including Melhamia ovata and Melhamia velutina) and Dombeya species.

Subspecies

  • Spialia zebra zebra (Pakistan, India: Punjab)
  • Spialia zebra bifida (Higgins, 1924) (Yemen, Oman, Ethiopia, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, northern Tanzania)

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