Gamia Holland 1896

Gamia Holland, 1896 Holland (1896) established this genus, with shelleyi Sharpe (under its synonym galua Holland) as type species. This is a purely Afrotropical genus of three large, Dracaena -feeding skippers, which was reviewed by Miller & Collins (1997). Aurivillius (1925 a) did not follow Holland’s treatment, and included Gamia species in Artitropa, but Evans (1937) kept the two genera separate, noting that the adults of each genus have a distinct consistent appearance, and while in Artitropa the antennae are plain and the palpi are short, stout and nearly erect, in Gamia the antennae... Mehr ...