Spialia mafa

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| name = Mafa sandman

| image = Mafa Sandman Spialia mafa.jpg

| image_caption = In Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

| taxon = Spialia mafa

| authority = (Trimen, 1870)[https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/spialia/index.html Spialia] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

| synonyms =

• Pyrgus mafa Trimen, 1870
• Hesperia oberthuri Aurivillius, 1925
• Spialia aurivillii Shepard, 1935

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Spialia mafa, the Mafa grizzled skipper or Mafa sandman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in south-western Africa, in KwaZulu-Natal, Botswana, Zimbabwe and from the Cape in South Africa to Sudan and southern Arabia.

These skippers are dark brown with white spots and both sides of the wings.

Wingspan is from 22–26 mm.{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}

Flight period is year-round but peaks from September to April.

The larvae feed on Hermannia, Pavonia and Hibiscus species (including Hibiscus aethiopicus).