Gegenes niso
| Gegenes niso | |
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| Gegenes niso on garden Heliotropium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Gegenes |
| Species: | G. niso |
| Binomial name | |
| Gegenes niso (Linnaeus, 1764)[1] | |
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The Common Hottentot Skipper or Plain Hottentot Skipper (Gegenes niso) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Africa. It is found in a wide range of habitats, including savanna, grassland and open patches in forests.[2]
The wingspan is 29–33 mm for males and 29–35 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round in warmer areas (with a peak from October to March) and from October to March in cooler areas.[3]
The larvae feed on Ehrharta species (including Ehrharta erecta), Pennisetum clandestinum, Zea and Cynodon species.
Subspecies
- Gegenes niso niso (southern Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, Free State Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape Province)
- Gegenes niso brevicornis (Plötz, 1884) – Plain Hottentot (west, central and east Africa, including Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia)
References
- ↑ Gegenes, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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