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| image = Pigmy skipper (Gegenes pumilio) Greece.jpg
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| image2 = Pigmy skipper (Gegenes pumilio) underside Greece.jpg
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| image2_caption = both in [[Sithonia]], [[Greece]]
| image2_caption = both in [[Sithonia]], [[Greece]]
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| taxon = Gegenes pumilio
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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| authority = ([[Johann Centurius von Hoffmannsegg|Hoffmannsegg]], 1804)<ref>[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/gegenes/index.html ''Gegenes''] at funet.fi</ref>
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| familia = [[Hesperiidae]]
| genus = ''[[Gegenes]]''
| species = '''''G. pumilio'''''
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| binomial = ''Gegenes pumilio''
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| binomial_authority = ([[Johann Centurius von Hoffmannsegg|Hoffmannsegg]], 1804)<ref>[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/gegenes/index.html ''Gegenes''] at funet.fi</ref>
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*''Papilio pumilio'' <small>Hoffmannsegg, 1804</small>
*''Papilio pumilio'' <small>Hoffmannsegg, 1804</small>
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'''''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]].
'''''Gegenes pumilio''''', the '''pigmy skipper''' or '''dark Hottentot''', is a [[butterfly]] of the family [[Hesperiidae]]. 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&nbsp;mm. Adults are on wing from April to October in multiple generations.
The length of the forewings is about 14&nbsp;mm. Adults are on wing from April to October in multiple generations.
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==References==
==References==
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{{Commons}}
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{{Wikispecies}}
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{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://mitglied.lycos.de/aneuwald/gpumilio.htm All butterflies of Europe]
*[http://mitglied.lycos.de/aneuwald/gpumilio.htm All butterflies of Europe]
*[http://www.lepidoptera.eu/show.php?ID=5094&country=GB European Butterflies and Moths]
*[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Gegenes_Pumilio Lepiforum]
*[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Gegenes_Pumilio Lepiforum]
*[http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/GegenPumil.htm Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa]
*[http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/GegenPumil.htm Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa]

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[[Category:Fauna of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Fauna of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1804]]
[[Category:Butterflies described in 1804]]
[[Category:Hesperiinae]]
[[Category:Hesperiinae]]
[[Category:Butterflies of Europe]]
[[Category:Butterflies of Europe]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Jules Pierre Rambur]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg]]
[[Category:Butterflies of Africa]]
[[Category:Butterflies of Asia]]




Latest revision as of 23:29, 3 October 2024

Gegenes pumilio
both in Sithonia, Greece
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gegenes
Species:
G. pumilio
Binomial name
Gegenes pumilio
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 family Hesperiidae. 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

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  • Gegenes pumilio pumilio (southern Europe, Middle East, India, United Arab Emirates, 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)

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Gegenes pumilio.
  1. ^ Gegenes at funet.fi
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
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