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Virga
Virga is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Virga austrinus
speciesVirga austrinus

Virga virginius
speciesVirga virginius

Virga clenchi
speciesVirga clenchi

Virga hygrophila
speciesVirga hygrophila

Virga silvanus
speciesVirga silvanus

Virga xantho
speciesVirga xantho
Virga riparia
speciesVirga riparia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Latin Herbal
1491 · p.5

Herbarius
1485 · p.306

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.306

Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.286

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.327

Latin Herbal
1484 · p.305

Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.303

Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.305

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.475

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.436

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1178

Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1242
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Virga in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 247681.