Hesperiidae Hesperiinae Ochlodes sylvanus Thymelicus acteon
Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, [1821])
Millet Skipper

Genus: Pelopidas Walker, 1870   Original genus: Gegenes Hübner, [1819]

P. thrax (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult, Reed Bed, Akroteri, 800m, Cyprus, April 22, 2006
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
P. thrax (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult, Reed Bed, Akroteri, 800m, Cyprus
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)

Distribution:
Aegean Islands (Greece), W and SW Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Iraq, Arabia, Africa, Kashmir, Far East

Foodplants:
In N Africa Panicum miliaceum

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