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 (1925a) 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 ...