Gegenes nostrodamus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Baorini
Genus: Gegenes
Species: Gegenes nostrodamus

Name

Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793)

Type Locality: "Barbaria" per OD; Range: North Africa to Bengal.

Holotype: ZMUC

Synonymy

Hesperia nostrodamus Fabricius, 1793: 328.
Pamphilaa proclea Walker, 1870: 56. Female, Cairo. Synonymy in Evans, 1949: 432.
Hesperia karsana Moore, [1875]: 576, pl.67, fig.6. TL: Rawalpindi. Type: BMNH.
Pamphila nostrodamus (Fabricius); Oberthür, 1910: 365; 1911: 320, Pl.64 Figs.617,618.
Gegenes pumilio-minima Verity, 1931: 111. Synonymy in Evans, 1949: 432.
Gegenes megalegyna Verity, 1940: 125. Synonymy in Evans, 1949: 432. Holotype: MZS.
Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius); Evans, 1949: 432; Bridges, 1994: VIII.157, IX.27; de Jong & Coutsis, 2017: 48, Figs 10–17,26,27,29–34.

References

Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
Evans, W.H. 1949. A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). xix+502pp., 53 pls. BMNH, London. Reference page.
Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL. Reference page.
de Jong, R. & Coutsis, J.G. 2017. A re-appraisal of Gegenes Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) based on male and female genitalia, with the description of a new genus, Afrogegenes. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 160(1): 41–60. DOI: 10.1163/22119434-16001003. Reference page.
Moore, F. [1875]. Descriptions of New Asiatic Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1874: 565–579, 2 pls. Reference page.
Oberthür, C., 1911. Études de Lépidoptérologie Comparée. 5(1): xxxvi + 345pp., Pls.59-85; 5(2): 7-136, Pls.86-96, E-Ne. Reference page.
Toussaint, E.F.A., Vila, R., Yago, M., Chiba, H., Warren, A.D., Aduse-Poku, K., Storer, C., Dexter, K.M., Maruyama, K., Lohman, D.J. & Kawahara, A.Y. 2019. Out of the Orient: Post-Tethyan transoceanic and trans-Arabian routes fostered the spread of Baorini skippers in the Afrotropics. Systematic Entomology 44(4): 926–938. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12365 Reference page.
Verity, R., 1931. Distinzione, nomenclatura e nuove localita italiane delle Gegenes nostrodamus f.e. pumilio Hoffm. Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana 63:106-112. Reference page.
Verity, R., 1940-53. La Farfalle diurne d'Italia. Vols 1-5. 1 Gen/Hesperides; 2 Lycaenida; 3 Papilionidae, Pieridae; 4 Libytheina, Danaina, Nympalina (part); 5 Satyridae. Casa Editrice Marzocco. Reference page.
Walker, F. 1870. A list of the butterflies collected by J.K. Lord, Esq., in Egypt, along the African shore of the Red Sea, and in Arabia; with descriptions of the species new to science. The Entomologist 5: 48–57. Reference page.
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