Thymelicus hamza
| Thymelicus hamza | |
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| Thymelicus hamza 2426 male, 2427 male, 2428 female, 2429 female. Figures in Charles Oberthur Faune des Lepidopteres de la Barbarie. Etudes de Lepidopterologie comparee. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Thymelicus |
| Species: | T. hamza |
| Binomial name | |
| Thymelicus hamza (Oberthür, 1876) | |
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The Moroccan small skipper (Thymelicus hamza) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in North Africa and from Anatolia to Turkestan.
The length of the forewings is 11-13 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June in one generation.
Subspecies
- Thymelicus hamza hamza (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia)
- Thymelicus hamza novissima (Cyrenaica)