LEPIDOPTERA

• H E S P E R I I D A E Latreille, 1809

  • GEGENES Hubner, 1819

    
    

    • Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)

Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)

• TYPE LOCALITY. "Barbaria" [NW. Africa].

• SYNONYMS :proclea Walker, 1870; karsana Moore, 1874.

• RANGE. From the Mediterranean N. Africa and Europe across Asia Minor and Arabia to Afghanistan, Pakistan and N. India.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The Caucasus Minor, the Armenian Highland, Middle Asia (lowlands and oases). The species seems to be constant in external characters.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. River valleys, oases, foothills in semi-desert, and mediterranean-type habitats. Flight period: April-October in a succession of generations. Host plants: grasses (Poaceae).

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Eogenes alcides: wings broader; UPS with yellow spots or yellowish super scaling at wing bases; UNF of contrasting colours. Pamara guttatus: FW spots hyaline; UNH with a series of spots.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997