Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmansegg)

Arigela, Ravi Kiran, Kathula, Tarun, Kumar, Ramesh, Deroliya, Purushottam Kumar, Jeevith, S. & Singh, Rajeev Kumar, 2024, Tephrosia purpurea, the potential nectar source for the butterflies in Jodhpur, an arid zone of Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India, Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae 9, pp. 85-108 : 91

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.24917/25438832.9.5
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scientific name	Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmansegg)
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2) Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmansegg) View in CoL – Pigmy Skipper ( Fig. 4A View Fig – Appendix 1)

General range of occurrence: coasts of the Mediterranean Sea; through Anatolia to the Himalaya and south in the whole of Africa ( Wynter-Blyth, 1957; Kunte et al., 2023) Occurrence and status in India: Common in the Himalayas and Western India Host plants of the larvae: Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone , Cynodon species, Ehrharta species (including Ehrharta erecta Lam. ) ( Evans, 1932; Wynter-Blyth, 1957)