| Gegenes nostrodamus | (Fabricius, 1793) |
TL: North-West 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
30-32 mm
- 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
NederlandsGroot kustdikkopje
PolskiKarłątek Nostrodamus
ShqipMesdhetarja njollabardhë
TürkçeNostrodamus
ΕλληνικάΕσπερίδα της Μέσης Ανατολής
РусскийТолстоголовка нострадам
ייִדישהספרית עשב
- 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
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