Jump to content

Spialia kituina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Spialia kituina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Spialia
Species:
S. kituina
Binomial name
Spialia kituina
(Karsch, 1896)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia kituina Karsch, 1896
  • Pyrgus bettoni Butler, 1898

Spialia kituina, the Kitui grizzled skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in north-western, central and eastern Kenya.[2]

The larvae feed on Sida species.

References

[edit]