Taxonomy of Genus Gegenes Hübner, 1819
Dingy Swifts, Hottentots, Pygmy Skippers
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 322
33641
568299 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 208
32654
567261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 197
32461
565431 | Families
Genera
Species | | Division | Ditrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers | 186
32290
560864 | Families
Genera
Species | | Microorder | Apoditrysia
Minet, 1983
| 13
1792
34426 | Families
Genera
Species | | Phalanx | Obtectomera
Minet, 1986
| 8
1724
33194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 6
1580
31274 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subsection
| Rhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies | 3
1099
24454 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Hesperioidea
Latreille, 1809
Skippers | 2
1096
24391 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Hesperiidae
Latreille, 1809
Indet. Skipper, Skipper, Skipper Butterflies, Skippers | 1096
24391 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Hesperiinae
Latreille, 1809
Banded skippers, Branded skippers, Folded-winged Skippers | 408
10692 | Genera
Species | | Tribe | Baorini
Doherty, 1866
| 12
653 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Gegenes
Hübner, 1819
Dingy Swifts, Hottentots, Pygmy Skippers | 46 | Species |
Subnodes of Gegenes Hübner, 1819 | Species | Gegenes aetna Hoffmannsegg, 1804 ⇒ Carterocephalus palaemon
Dark Hottentot, Pigmy Skipper | 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Gegenes brevicornis Plötz, 1884
| | | | Species | Gegenes elegans Mabille, 1877
| | | | Species | Gegenes gambica Mabille, 1878 ⇒ Gegenes pumilio
| | | | Species | Gegenes hainanus Moore, 1878
| | | | Species | Gegenes hottentota Latreille, 1827
Common Hottentot, Hottentot Skipper, Latreille´s Skipper | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Gegenes indica Mabille, 1883 ⇒ Gegenes niso
| | | | Species | Gegenes javana Mabille, 1877 ⇒ Pelopidas conjuncta
| | | | Species | Gegenes karsana Fabricius, 1793 ⇒ Gegenes nostradamus
Dingy Swift, Light Pygmy Skipper, Mediterranean Skipper | | | | Species | Gegenes lefebvrei Rambur, 1842 ⇒ Carterocephalus palaemon
| | | | Species | Gegenes lefebvrii Rambur, 1842 ⇒ Gegenes pumilio
| | | | Species | Gegenes letterstedti Wallengren, 1857 ⇒ Gegenes niso
| | | | Species | Gegenes major Ragusa, 1919 ⇒ Gegenes pumilio
| | | | Species | Gegenes mangala
| | | | Species | Gegenes megalegyna Verity, 1940 ⇒ Gegenes nostrodamus
| | | | Species | Gegenes monochroa Rebel, 1907 ⇒ Gegenes pumilio
| | | | Species | Gegenes niso Linnaeus, 1764
Common Hottentot Skipper, Plain Hottentot Skipper | 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Gegenes nostradamus Fabricius, 1793
Dingy Swift, Light Pygmy Skipper, Mediterranean Skipper | | | | Species | Gegenes nostradomus
Dingy Swift | | | | Species | Gegenes nostrodamus Fabricius, 1793
Dingy Swift, Light Pygmy Skipper, Mediterranean Skipper | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Gegenes obumbrata Trimen, 1891 ⇒ Gegenes hottentota
| | | | Species | Gegenes occulta Hoffmannsegg, 1804 ⇒ Gegenes pumilio
Dark Hottentot, Pigmy Skipper | 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Gegenes ocra Evans, 1937 ⇒ Gegenes hottentota
| | | | Species | Gegenes proclea Walker, 1870 ⇒ Gegenes nostrodamus
| | | | Species | Gegenes pumilio Hoffmannsegg, 1804
Dark Hottentot, Pigmy Skipper, Pygmy Skipper, Pygmy Swift | 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Gegenes pumilionimima Verity, 1931 ⇒ Gegenes nostrodamus
| | | | Species | Gegenes pumilo
| | | | Species | Gegenes pygmaeus Hoffmannsegg, 1804 ⇒ Carterocephalus palaemon
Dark Hottentot, Pigmy Skipper | 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Gegenes sinensis Mabille, 1877
| | | | Species | Gegenes thrax Hübner, 1821
| | | | Species | Gegenes ursula Hoffmannsegg, 1804 ⇒ Gegenes pumilio
Dark Hottentot, Pigmy Skipper | 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Gegenes zelleri
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Synonyms Native, vernacular names and spellings of Gegenes | English | Dingy Swifts, Hottentots, Pygmy Skippers |
Distribution of Gegenes Hübner, 1819 Albania
| Algeria
| Angola
| Armenia
| Australia
| Austria
| Azerbaijan
| Benin
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Botswana
| Bulgaria
| Burkina Faso
| Cameroon
| Canada
| Colombia
| Croatia
| Cyprus
| Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Denmark
| Egypt
| Ethiopia
| France
| Gambia
| Georgia
| Germany
| Ghana
| Greece
| Guinea
| Guinea-Bissau
| India
| Indonesia
| Iran
| Iraq
| Israel
| Italy
| Ivory Coast
| Japan
| Jordan
| Kenya
| Lesotho
| Liberia
| Madagascar
| Malawi
| Malaysia
| Mali
| Malta
| Mauritania
| Mexico
1 Species | Montenegro
| Morocco
| Mozambique
| Namibia
| Netherlands
| Nigeria
| Norway
| Oman
| Pakistan
| Palestine
| Philippines
| Portugal
| Qatar
| Republic South Africa
| Rwanda
| Saudi Arabia
| Senegal
| Sierra Leone
| Singapore
| South Sudan
| Spain
| Sudan
| Sweden
| Switzerland
| Syria
| Taiwan
| Tajikistan
| Tanzania
| Tunisia
| Turkey
| Uganda
| United Kingdom
| USA
| Yemen
| Zambia
| Zimbabwe
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