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781  Gegenes hottentota
      Marsh hottentot skipper
   

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Distribution: Africa and south-western Arabia
Wingspan: males 31–34 mm females 31–36 mm
Foodplants: Ehrharta erecta and Pennisetum clandestinum.
Flight Period: Year round in warmer areas (with a peak from April to May).

Distribution, food plant and other information from Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005; Butterflies of South Africa's National Botanical Gardens, An illustrated checklist, compiled by Christopher Willis and Steve Woodall; Ivor Migdoll's Field Guide to the Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Publishers, 1987, with additional information from Pennington's Butterflies. Larval food plants quoted are restricted to those species recorded from Swaziland. Numbers for each species are from Pennington's Butterflies.