Gomalia elma

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Marbled Skipper
Upperside of Gomalia elma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Hesperiidae Subfamily: Pyrginae Genus: Gomalia Moore, 1879 Species: G. elma
Binomial name
Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

Gomalia Moore, 1879 is a monotypic genus of hesperiid butterfly.^[1]Gomalia elma, commonly known as the Marbled Skipper or African Mallow Skipper, is found in Africa and parts of Asia.^[2]

Contents 1 Distribution 2 Foodplants 3 Cited references 4 See also 5 References 5.1 Print 5.2 Online

[edit] Distribution

In Africa, Gomalia elma is found in the Cape region, Orange Free State, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and other parts of Africa. In Asia, the butterfly ranges from Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Baluchistan and India.^[2]

[edit] Foodplants

• Abutilon indicum^[2]
• Abutilon sonneratianum^[2]

[edit] Cited references

1. ^ Card for Gomalia elma in LepIndex. Accessed 22 September 2007.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Gomalia .

[edit] See also

• Hesperiidae
• List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae)
• List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)

[edit] References

[edit] Print

• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp454, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

[edit] Online

• Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [1]
• Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [2] (accessed 24 September 2007).