Summary ²

Spialia spio, the mountain sandman or Spio grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in tropical Africa and south-western Arabia. In South Africa it is found all over the eastern side of the country.

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1. (c) Martin Grimm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/mgrimm82/22300183072/
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spialia_spio

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