Spialia
Introduction '''''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'''.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''.
Species These species belong to the genus ''Spialia'':* ''Spialia ali'' Oberthür, 1881* ''Spialia carnea'' (Reverdin, 1927)* ''Spialia diomus'' (Hopffer, 1855) (common sandman)* ''Spialia doris'' (Walker, 1870) (desert grizzled skipper)* ''Spialia ferax'' (Wallengren, 1863) (ferax grizzled skipper)* ''Spialia fetida'' Zhdanko, 1992* ''Spialia galba'' (Fabricius, 1793) (indian skipper)* ''Spialia geron'' (Watson, 1893)* ''Spialia irida'' Zhdanko, 1993* ''Spialia lugens'' (Staudinger, 1886)* ''Spialia mafa'' (Trimen, 1870) (mafa sandman)* ''Spialia orbifer'' (Hübner, 1823) (orbed red-underwing skipper)* ''Spialia osthelderi'' (Pfeiffer, 1932)* ''Spialia phlomidis'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845) (persian skipper)* ''Spialia rosae'' Hernández-Roldán, Dapporto, Dinca, Vicente & Vila, 2016* ''Spialia sertorius'' (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) (red-underwing skipper)* ''Spialia spio'' (Linnaeus, 1764) (mountain sandman)* ''Spialia struvei'' (Püngeler, 1914)* ''Spialia therapne'' (Rambur, 1832) (corsican red-underwing skipper)
References * Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database* * Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 75
External links * Images representing ''Spialia'' at Consortium for the Barcode of Life