Gegenes is a genus of day butterflies from the family of thick-headed (Hesperiidae).
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Description
Small butterflies. The main background of the wings is dark brown, sometimes almost black with a smoky hue. Females of a number of species differ from males in the presence of whitish spots on the front wings [1] .
Range
North Africa , the Mediterranean , the Arabian Peninsula , Iraq , Turkey , Transcaucasia , Dagestan [2] , Central Asia , Azerbaijan , Armenia , Afghanistan , Punjab , Kashmir , India [3] [4] .
Biology
Butterflies inhabit meadows with grass. Two or three generations develop in a year. Butterflies fly fast and low. Males often sit on stones lit by the sun and protect their territory from other males. Females are inconspicuous and in the morning hours usually sit in tall grass [5] .
Views
- Gegenes hottentota (Latreille, 1824)
- Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
- Gegenes niso (Linnaeus, 1764)
Notes
- ↑ Lionel G. Higgins, Norman D. Riley: Die Tagfalter Europas und Nordwestafrikas. 1. Auflage. Paul Parey, Hamburg / Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-490-01918-0 ,
- ↑ Morgun D.V., Tikhonov V.V. 2009. New Lepidoptera Lepidoptera taxa (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea) in the Russian fauna from Dagestan // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 5 (2): S. 273—274
- ↑ Hesselbarth G., Van Oorschot H., Wagener S. 1995. Die Tagfalter der Turkei. Band 1-3. Selbstverlag Sigbert Wagener. 1354 pp
- ↑ Korshunov, Yu. P. 1972. Catalog of Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera, Fauna of the USSR // Entomological Review. 51 (1): 136-154; 51 (2): 352-368
- ↑ Tom Tolman, Richard Lewington. Collins Butterfly Guide: The Most Complete Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe. - London: Collins, 2008 .-- P. 384. - ISBN 978-0007242344 .