Gegenes pumilio

Gegenes pumilio

In Adana, Turkey
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Gegenes
Species:	G. pumilio
Binomial name
*Gegenes pumilio* (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)^[1]
Synonyms
Papilio pumilio Hoffmannsegg, 1804 Papilio aetna Boisduval, 1840 Philoodus lefebvrii Rambur, 1842 Philoodus lefebvrii Rambur, 1840 Gegenes pygmaeus Cyrillo, 1787 Gegenes aetna Boisduval, 1840 Gegenes lefebvrei Rambur, 1840 Pamphila gambica Mabille, 1878 Pamphila occulta Trimen, 1891 Parnara ursula Holland, 1896

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.

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

The larvae feed on various grasses, including Gramineae species as well as Pennisetum clandestinum, Ehrharta (including Ehrharta erecta) and Cynodon species.^[2]

Subspecies

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)

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