Thymelicus hamza

Thymelicus hamza, the Moroccan small skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North Africa and from Anatolia to Turkestan.

Thymelicus hamza
Thymelicus hamza 2426 male, 2427 male, 2428 female, 2429 female. Figures in Charles Oberthür's Faune des Lepidopteres de la Barbarie. Etudes de Lepidopterologie comparee.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Thymelicus
Species:
T. hamza
Binomial name
Thymelicus hamza
(Oberthür, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia hamza Oberthür, 1876

The length of the forewings is 11–13 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June in one generation.

Subspecies


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