Pigmy Skipper

Gegenes pumilio

''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.
Gegenes pumilio Gegenes pumilio,Geotagged,Israel,Summer

Appearance

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

Naming

*''Gegenes pumilio pumilio''
⤷ ''Gegenes pumilio gambica''
⤷ ''Gegenes pumilio monochroa''

Food

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

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyHesperiidae
GenusGegenes
SpeciesG. pumilio
Photographed in
Israel