Gegenes nostrodamus
Gegenes nostrodamus, commonly known as the dingy swift, light pygmy skipper,[2] Mediterranean skipper or veloz de las rieras, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the Mediterranean Sea, through Anatolia to Turkestan and India.
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The length of the forewings is 15–16 mm. Adults are on wing from May to October in multiple generations.
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The larvae feed on various grasses, including Gramineae, Aeluropus (in the Sinai Desert) and Aerulopus and Panicum species.
Description
Dark brown, base smoky black; inner margin of the hindwing paler than the ground colour, and a few white dots on the forewing in the female. Underside pale brown, with some obscure white spots towards the tip of the forewing, and in the female at the hind-margin of the hindwing also. Expands a little over one inch. It inhabits South Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia in August, and is found in dry places. (Kirby)
Recorded from Campbellpore, Kala Pani and Hurripur, N.-W. India,(Butler).
References
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- Gegenes at funet.fi
- Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
- Watson, E. Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae: descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burmah and Ceylon. Madras.
External links
- Butterflies of Bulgaria
- Lepiforum
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Images
- Butterfly Conservation Armenia