Spialia confusa

Spialia confusa, the confusing sandman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in south-eastern Africa, from Zululand, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to Kenya.

The wingspan is 19–25 mm. Adults are on wing year-round with peaks from October to March.

The larvae feed on Melhania and Triumfetta species.

Subspecies

• Spialia confusa confusa (central Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal)
• Spialia confusa obscura <small>Evans, 1937</small> (eastern and central Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)

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