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Spialia asterodia (Star Sandman)

Synonyms: Pyrgus asterodia

Wikipedia Abstract

Spialia asterodia, the star sandman or Asterodia sandman, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in South Africa from the western Cape to the southern part of the north Cape and across the east Cape to Lesotho, the Orange Free State, Swaziland, western KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, the Limpopo Province, the eastern North West Province and Gauteng. It is also present in southern Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of grassland and grassy areas in fynbos, Karoo and Bushveld. The larvae feed on Hermannia diffusa, Hermannia incana, Pavonia burchelli and Hebiscus species.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0