TL: North Africa: “Barbaria”
Dark brown, base smoky black ; inner margin of the hindwing paler than the ground colour, and a few white dots on the forewing in the female. Underside pale brown, with some obscure white spots towards the tip of the forewing, and in the female at the hind-margin of the hindwing also.
Habitat
- Dry sunny slopes
- Rocky slopes
- Rocky slopes
- Semi-deserts
Similar species
26-32 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ArmenianՆոստրադամուս հաստագլխիկ 
CatalàSageta negra 
EnglishDingy Swift EnglishLight Pygmy Skipper EnglishMediterranean Skipper 
EspañolVeloz de las Rieras 
FrançaisHespérie du riz 
HrvatskiMediteranski debeloglavac 
ItalianoNostradamo 
NederlandsGroot kustdikkopje 
PolskiKarłątek Nostrodamus 
ShqipMesdhetarja njollabardhë 
TürkçeNostrodamus 
ΕλληνικάΕσπερίδα της Μέσης Ανατολής 
РусскийТолстоголовка нострадам 
ייִדישהספרית עשב 
العربيةنطاطة قزمة فاتحة
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Hesperia nostrodamus Fabricius, 1793
- Links
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Language Website Authors African Butterfly Database Butterflies of India Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy Butterfly Conservation Armenia 
Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner Lepidoptera Caucasi Валентин Тихонов Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis
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