Thymelicus hamza, the Moroccan small skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North Africa and from Anatolia to Turkestan.
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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 | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Thymelicus |
Species: | T. hamza
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Binomial name | |
Thymelicus hamza (Oberthür, 1876)
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The length of the forewings is 11–13 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June in one generation.
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