Gegenes nostrodamus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Gegenes nostrodamus, commonly known as the dingy swift, light pygmy skipper, Mediterranean skipper or veloz de las rieras, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the Mediterranean Sea, through Anatolia to Turkestan and India; and also in some subsaharan countries such as Burkina Faso.
The length of the forewings is 15–16 mm. Adults are on wing from May to October in multiple generations. The larvae feed on various grasses, including Gramineae, Aeluropus (in the Sinai Desert) and Aerulopus and Panicum species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Light Pygmy Skipper sighting in Barcelona on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 336th most-seen of the 381 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Light Pygmy Skipper in Barcelona on a given day, against under 5% in October to July, the lowest months.
Only Barcelona, in our data
Barcelona is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Light Pygmy Skipper sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Light Pygmy Skipper that you can see in Barcelona (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Mallow Skipper (about 10%) and Lulworth Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Light Pygmy Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Barcelona (5 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
