Gegenes nostrodamus information

Dingy swift
	Gegenes nostrodamus figure in Seitz, male left, female right
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Gegenes
Species:	G. nostrodamus
Binomial name
	Gegenes nostrodamus; (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
	Hesperia nostrodamus Fabricius, 1793; Philoodus nostrodamus; Pamphila proclea Walker, 1870; Gegenes karsana Moore, 1874;

Gegenes nostrodamus, commonly known as the dingy swift, light pygmy skipper,^[2] Mediterranean skipper or veloz de las rieras, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the Mediterranean Sea, through Anatolia to Turkestan and India.

The length of the forewings is 15–16 mm. Adults are on wing from May to October in multiple generations.

The larvae feed on various grasses, including Gramineae, Aeluropus (in the Sinai Desert) and Aerulopus and Panicum species.

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Dingy swift

Gegenes nostrodamus figure in Seitz, male left, female right
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Gegenes
Species:	G. nostrodamus
Binomial name
*Gegenes nostrodamus* (Fabricius, 1793)^[1]
Synonyms
Hesperia nostrodamus Fabricius, 1793 Philoodus nostrodamus Pamphila proclea Walker, 1870 Gegenes karsana Moore, 1874