Spialia secessus
Spialia secessus, the Wolkberg sandman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in high savannah and montane grasslands from Swaziland to northern KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern part of the Limpopo Province and Mpumalanga. It is also present in Zimbabwe. It is named after the Wolkberg range.
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The wingspan is 27–31 mm for males and 30–32 mm for females. Adults are on wing from July to March with peaks from September to November for the wet-season form and in February for the dry-season form. There are several generations per year.[2]
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