Spialia paula
Species of butterfly
Mite sandman | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Spialia |
Species: | S. paula |
Binomial name | |
Spialia paula (Higgins, 1925)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
Hesperia paula (Higgins, 1925) |
Spialia paula, the mite sandman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.
The wingspan is 20–27 millimetres (0.79–1.06 in). This is a small butterfly that is primarily brown with white spots on the dorsal side of the wings. Adults are on wing between August and April.[2] Adults of both sexes feed from flowers.[3]
References
External links
- Media related to Spialia paula at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Spialia paula at Wikispecies
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