Gomalia elma

Marbled Skipper
Upperside of Gomalia elma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Gomalia Moore, 1879
Species:	G. elma
Binomial name
Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)
Synonyms
Pyrgus elma Trimen, 1862 Gomalia albofasciata Moore, 1879

Gomalia Moore, 1879 is a monotypic genus of hesperiid butterfly.^[1]Gomalia elma, commonly known as the Marbled Skipper, Green-Marbled Sandman or African Mallow Skipper, is found in Africa and parts of Asia.^[2]

Description

The wingspan is 26–31 mm for males and 29–36 mm for females.

Distribution

In Africa, Gomalia elma is found in the Cape region, Orange Free State, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and other parts of Africa. In Asia, the butterfly ranges from Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Baluchistan and India.^[2]

Foodplants

Underside of Gomalia elma

• Abutilon indicum^[2]
• Abutilon sonneratianum^[2]

Subspecies

• Gomalia elma elma (Africa)
• Gomalia elma albofasciata Moore, 1879 (India, Ceylon)

Cited references

1. ^ Card for Gomalia elma in LepIndex. Accessed 22 September 2007.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Gomalia .

See also

• Hesperiidae
• List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae)
• List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)

References

Print

• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp454, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

Online

• Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [1]
• Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [2] (accessed 24 September 2007).

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