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Spialia doris (Aden Skipper)

Synonyms: Nisoniades doris; Pyrgus adenensis; Pyrgus evanidus

Wikipedia Abstract

Spialia doris, the Aden skipper or desert grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, 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, Convolvolus trabutianus and Ipomoea 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