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Gegenes pumilio

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Gegenes pumilio

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Genus
  
Gegenes

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Similar
  
Gegenes, Butterflies and moths, Gegenes nostrodamus, Pelopidas thrax, Spialia

Gegenes pumilio, the pigmy skipper or dark Hottentot,, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea through Anatolia to the Himalaya and south in the whole of Africa.

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The length of the forewings is about 14 mm. Adults are on wing from April to October in multiple generations.

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The larvae feed on various grasses, including Gramineae species as well as Pennisetum clandestinum, Ehrharta (including Ehrharta erecta) and Cynodon species.

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Subspecies

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  • Gegenes pumilio pumilio (southern Europe, Middle East, India, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman)
  • Gegenes pumilio gambica (Mabille, 1878) (Africa, Arabia to Lebanon, Turkey to northern Pakistan, Kashmir)
  • Gegenes pumilio monochroa (Rebel, 1907) (Yemen: Socotra)

    • Gegenes pumilio Bestimmungshilfe des Lepiforums Gegenes Pumilio

    Gegenes pumilio David Element39s Wildlife Web Page Butterflies 11 Hesperidae

    Gegenes pumilio

    References

    Gegenes pumilio Wikipedia
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