Biology:Spialia zebra
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Spialia zebra | |
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| Spialia zebra zebra (Butler, 1888) as Hesperia hellas in de Niceville (fig.10) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Spialia |
| Species: | S. zebra
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| Binomial name | |
| Spialia zebra (Butler, 1888)[1]
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Spialia zebra, the zebra grizzled skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Pakistan , India , Yemen, Oman, Ethiopia, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2]
The larvae feed on Melhania (including Melhania ovata and Melhania velutina) and Dombeya species.
Subspecies
- Spialia zebra zebra (Pakistan, India: Punjab)
- Spialia zebra bifida (Higgins, 1924) (Yemen, Oman, Ethiopia, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, northern Tanzania)
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spialia zebra. |
Wikidata ☰ Q7576882 entry
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