Spialia ploetzi explained

Spialia ploetzi, the forest grizzled skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.^[1] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Triumfetta species.

Subspecies

• Spialia ploetzi ploetzi (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
• Spialia ploetzi occidentalis de Jong, 1977 (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, western Cameroon)

Etymology

The name honours Carl Plötz.

Notes and References

1. http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/hesperiidae_pyrginae.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae