Spialia colotes

Bushveld sandman
	Spialia colotes figure 11
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Spialia
Species:	S. colotes
Binomial name
	Spialia colotes; (Druce, 1875)
Synonyms
	Pyrgus colotes Druce, 1875; Pyrgus transvaaliae Trimen, 1889; Pyrgus nora Plötz, 1884;

Spialia colotes, the Bushveld sandman, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana and from South Africa to Ethiopia and south-western Arabia.

These skippers are dark brown with white spots on both sides of the wings.^[2]

The wingspan is from 21–28 mm.^[2]

The flight period is from December to May, with a single brood.^[2]

The larvae feed on Hibiscus fuscus.

Subspecies

Spialia colotes colotes (Angola)
Spialia colotes semiconfluens de Jong, 1978 (Ethiopia, Somalia, eastern Kenya, north-eastern Uganda, south-western Arabia)
Spialia colotes transvaaliae (Trimen, 1889) - Transvaal grizzled skipper (South West Africa, Botswana, Transvaal, from Zimbabwe to Kenya)

^ Spialia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ ^a ^b ^c Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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