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Gegenes Hübner, [1819]
Pygmy Skippers, Hottentots
Gegenes Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (7): 107, TS: Papilio pumilo Hoffmannsegg
Philoodus Rambur, 1840; Faune ent. Andal. 2 (5): 308, TS: Hesperia nostrodamus Fabricius
Gegenes (Hesperiinae) ; [BK, 436]; [AfrL]
Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
SEU, N.Africa(Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt), Asia Minor, Turkestan, N.India. See [About 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, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
 Philoodus nostrodamus ; Rambur, 1840, Faune ent. Andal. 2 (5): 308
Gegenes nostrodamus ; [BOW: pl. 11, f. 16, 17]; [BRU, 132]
Genenes nostrodamus ; [BMAT: 98, pl. 31, f. 58-61]
Gegenes nostrodamus ; [AfrL]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Gramineae [H&R], (in Sinai) Aeluropus sp., Panicum sp. [BMAT]

Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
SEU, Morocco, Iran, Himalaya, AF. See [About maps] Pigmy Skipper Dark Hottentot
Papilio pumilio Hoffmannsegg, 1804; Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 3: 202, TL: Africa
aetna Boisduval, 1840
Philoodus lefebvrii Rambur, 1840; Faune ent. Andal. 2 (5): 308, TL: Sicily and Sardinia
ursula (Holland, 1896) (Pamphila); Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 64
= ; [NHM]
occulta (Trimen, 1891) (Pamphila); Proc. zool. soc. Lond. 1891 : 103
= ; [NHM]
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.)

Larva on Gramineae [H&R], (in S.Africa) Ehrharta erecta [BMAT]

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. 2 (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 [About maps] Papilio niso Linnaeus, 1764; Mus. Lud. Ulr.: 339
letterstedti Wallengren, 1857²
Gegenes niso ; [AfrL]

Larva on Ehrharta erecta, Pennisetum clandestinum [PBSA], Ehrharta, Pennisetum, Zea [BK]

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 [About maps] Hottentot Skipper Common Hottentot
Hesperia hottentota Latreille, 1824; in Godart, Ency. méth. 9 (2) : 777
Gegenes hottentota ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 15, 16]; [BK: 436, pl. 64, f. 870]; [AfrL]

Larva on Ehrharta erecta, Pennisetum clandestinum [PBSA]

G. h. ocra Evans
Cape

Larva on Themeda triandra [PBSA]


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[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
[BIR]
Wynter-Blyth, 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
[BK]
Larsen, 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
[BMAT]
Tennent, 1996; The butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; ISBN 0 906802 05 9
[BOW]
Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[BRU]
Tuzov, Bogdanov, Devyatkin, Kaabak, Korolev, Murzin, Samodurov, Tarasov, 1997; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae; Volume 1
[H&R]
Higgins, L.G, Riley, N.D, 1970; A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe
[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
[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
[PBSA]
Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978
[Simon Coombes]
1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:
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])
Latreille, 1824
Encylopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes in Godart, Ency. méth. 9 (2) : 329-828
Linnaeus, 1764
Museum S'ae R'ae M'tis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque Mus. Lud. Ulr.: vi + 720 + [2]
Mabille, 1878
Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux de la famille des Hespérides Petites Nouvelles ent. 2 (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)
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

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