| 词条 | Gegenes niso |
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| name = Common Hottentot skipper | image = Common Hottentot Skipper - Geel Hotnot.jpg | image_caption = G. niso on red sunflower | image2 = Common hottentot skipper Hesperiidae Gegenes niso 3184s.jpg | image2_caption = G. niso on garden heliotrope | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Lepidoptera | familia = Hesperiidae | genus = Gegenes | species = G. niso | binomial = Gegenes niso | binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1764)[1] | synonyms =
}}Gegenes niso, the common Hottentot skipper or plain Hottentot skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Africa. It is found in a wide range of habitats, including savanna, grassland and open patches in forests.[2] The wingspan is 29–33 mm for males and 29–35 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round in warmer areas (with a peak from October to March) and from October to March in cooler areas.[3] The larvae feed on Ehrharta species (including Ehrharta erecta), Pennisetum clandestinum, Zea and Cynodon species. Subspecies
Range: southern Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa, where it occurs in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern and Western Cape provinces
Range: west, central and east Africa, including Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia References1. ^Gegenes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms {{Wikispecies}}{{Commons}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q5530041}}{{Hesperiinae-stub}}2. ^Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae 3. ^{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }} 4 : Hesperiinae|Butterflies described in 1764|Butterflies of Africa|Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus |
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