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Pygmy 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 southwards through Africa to Madagascar.
The length of the forewings is about 14 mm. Adults are on wing from April to October in multiple generations.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1604935.