| 词条 | Spialia mafa |
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| name = Mafa sandman | image = Mafa Sandman Spialia mafa.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = In Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Lepidoptera | familia = Hesperiidae | genus = Spialia | species = S. mafa | binomial = Spialia mafa | binomial_authority = (Trimen, 1870)[1] | synonyms =
}} Spialia mafa, the Mafa grizzled skipper or Mafa sandman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in south-western Africa, in KwaZulu-Natal, Botswana, Zimbabwe and from the Cape in South Africa to Sudan and southern Arabia. These skippers are dark brown with white spots and both sides of the wings.[2] Wingspan is from 22–26 mm.[2] Flight period is year-round but peaks from September to April.[2] The larvae feed on Hermannia, Pavonia and Hibiscus species (including Hibiscus aethiopicus). Subspecies
References1. ^Spialia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms 2. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }} External links
4 : Spialia|Butterflies described in 1870|Butterflies of Africa|Taxa named by Roland Trimen |
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