Pygmy Skipper
Gegenes pumilio
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Insects
Gegenes pumilio, the pigmy skipper or dark Hottentot, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea through Anatolia to the Himalaya and southwards through Africa to Madagascar.
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Gegenes