Gegenes

Gegenes Hübner, [1819] Pygmy Skippers, Hottentots

Gegenes Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (7): 107; TS: Papilio pumilio Hoffmannsegg
Philoodus Rambur, 1840; Faune ent. Andal. 2 (5): 308; TS: Hesperia nostrodamus Fabricius

Gegenes (Hesperiinae); [BK], 436; [AfrL]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 13

Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)

SEU, N.Africa(Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt), Asia Minor, Turkestan, N.India. See [maps] Mediterranean Skipper Veloz de las Rieras Dingy Swift

Hesperia nostrodamus Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 328, no. 246; TL: "Barbaria" [NW.Africa]
proclea (Walker, 1870)
Hesperia karsana Moore, [1875]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 576, pl. 67, f. 6; TL: Rawul Pindi, N.Punjab
nostradamus ; [BIR], 488

Gegenes nostrodamus, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
Gegenes nostrodamus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Gegenes nostrodamus, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]

Philoodus nostrodamus; Rambur, 1840, Faune ent. Andal. 2 (5): 308
Pamphila nostrodamus; Grum-Grshimailo, 1890, in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 507
Gegenes nostrodamus; [BOW]: pl. 11, f. 16, 17; [BRU], 132
Genenes nostrodamus; [BMAT]: 98, pl. 31, f. 58-61
Gegenes nostrodamus; [AfrL]; [Otakar Kudrna]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 13

Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)

SEU, Morocco, Iran, Himalaya, AF. See [maps] Pigmy Skipper Dark Hottentot

Papilio pumilio Hoffmannsegg, 1804; Mag. f. Insektenk. 3: 202; TL: Africa
aetna (Boisduval, 1840)
Philoodus lefebvrii Rambur, 1840; Faune ent. Andal. 2 (5): 308; TL: Sicily and Sardinia
Parnara (?) ursula Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1): 64
- = ; [NHM card]
Pamphila occulta Trimen, 1891; Proc. zool. soc. Lond. 1891: 103
- = ; [NHM card]

Gegenes pumilio, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
Gegenes pumilio, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Gegenes pumilio, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]

Gegenes ursula; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 17
Gegenes lefebvrei[sic]; [BOW]: pl. 11, f. 13 (text)
Genenes pumilio; [BMAT]: 98, pl. 31, f. 54-57
Gegenes pumilio; [AfrL]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Papilio pygmaeus; Cyrilli, 1787, (misid.)

G. p. pumilio

Gegenes pumilio pumilio; [AfrL]

G. p. gambica (Mabille, 1878) Africa, Arabia - Lebanon, Turkey - N.India

Pamphila gambica Mabille, 1878; Petites Nouvelles ent. 10 (197): 233; TL: Senegambia

Gegenes pumilio gambica; [BK]: 436, pl. 64, f. 869; [AfrL]

G. p. monochroa (Rebel, 1907)

Gegenes pumilio monochroa; [AfrL]

Gegenes niso (Linnaeus, 1764)

Africa. See [maps]

Papilio niso Linnaeus, 1764; Mus. Lud. Ulr.: 339
letterstedti Wallengren, 1857²

Gegenes niso; [AfrL]

G. n. niso

Gegenes niso niso; [AfrL]

G. n. brevicornis (Plötz, 1884) Plain Hottentot

Gegenes niso brevicornis; [BK]: 437, pl. 64, f. 871; [AfrL]

Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)

Africa, SW.Arabia. See [maps] Hottentot Skipper Common Hottentot

Hesperia hottentota Latreille, 1824; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 777

Gegenes hottentota; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 15, 16; [BK]: 436, pl. 64, f. 870; [AfrL]

G. h. ocra Evans Cape

References:

[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[NHM] Natural History Museum
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index; Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Simon Coombes] 1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK
01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk
[maps]
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[²] This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Fabricius, 1793
Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Ent. Syst. 3 (1) : 1-487
Latreille, 1824
Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (1): 3-328 (1819), (2): 329-828 ([1824])
Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
Le Pamir et sa faune lépidoptérologique in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4 : 1-576, pl. A,1-21
[H&R]; Higgins & Riley, 1970
A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe
Hoffmannsegg, 1804
Alphabetisches Verzeichniss zu J. Hübner's Abbildungen der Papilionen mit den beigefügten vorzüglichsten Synonymen Mag. f. Insektenk. 3 : 181-206
Holland, 1896
A Preliminary Revision and Synonymic Catalogue of the Hesperiidae of Africa and the adjacent Islands, with Descriptions of some apparently new species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 2-107, pl. 1-5
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Korb & Bolshakov, 2011
[A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilioformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated] (in Russian) Eversmannia Suppl. 2 : 1-123
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history Butterflies of Kenya
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Linnaeus, 1764
Museum S'ae R'ae M'tis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque Mus. Lud. Ulr. : 1-720
Mabille, 1878
Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux de la famille des Hespérides Petites Nouvelles ent. 10 (197): 233-234, (198): 237-238
Moore, [1875]
Descriptions of new Asiatic Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 565-579, pl. 66-67
Rambur, 1840
Faune entomologique de l'Andalusie. 1837-1840 (Vol. 2) Faune ent. Andal. 2 (1): pl. 14-15, 18 (1837), 2 (2): 1-16, pl. 1-4 (1838), 2 (3): 17-96, pl. 6-7, 9, 11 (1838), 2 (4): 97-176, pl. 5, 8, 10, 12, 17 (1839), 2 (5): 177-336 (1840)
[BMAT]; Tennent, 1996
The Butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia : 1-217
Trimen, 1891
On Butterflies collected in tropical South-Western Africa, by Mr. A. W. Eriksson Proc. zool. soc. Lond. 1891 : 59-107, pl. 8-9
[BRU]; Tuzov, Bogdanov, Devyatkin, Kaabak, Korolev, Murzin, Samodurov, Tarasov, 1997
Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories: Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae Butts. Russia adj. terr. 1
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)

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