Spialia

<i>Spialia</i>

Spialia

Genus of butterflies

Spialia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, which are mainly found in Africa and Asia. They are commonly called grizzled skippers or sandmen.

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As a result of genomic research published in 2020, 3 species of Spialia were moved to the new genus Agyllia and 14 species were moved to the new genus Ernsta.[1]

Species

These species belong to the genus Spialia:[1][2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    Zhang, Jing; Brockmann, Ernst; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; et al. (2020). "A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini)". Zootaxa. 4748 (1): zootaxa.4748.1.10. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10. PMC 8018707. PMID 32230093.
  2. [2]
    Spialia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. [3]
    Hernández-Roldán, Juan L.; Dapporto, Leonardo; Dincă, Vlad; Vicente, Juan C.; Hornett, Emily A.; Šíchová, Jindra; Lukhtanov, Vladimir; Talavera, Gerard; Vila, Roger (2016). "Integrative analyses unveil speciation linked to host plant shift in Spialia butterflies". Molecular Ecology. 25 (17): 4267–84. Bibcode:2016MolEc..25.4267H. doi:10.1111/mec.13756. hdl:10230/32118. PMID 27393640.


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