Gorgyra johnstoni — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Hesperiidae/Gorgyra

At a glance

Occurrence records63

Data sources6

Biological traits0

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Gorgyra johnstoni's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility63 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF63 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Gorgyra johnstoni, Johnston's ranger or Johnston's skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found along the coast of Kenya and in Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae The habitat consists of forests, riverine forests, forest margins, Brachystegia woodland and woodland. Adults are attracted to flowers. They are on wing year-round.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Gorgyra johnstoni has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type63 records

Wild obs. + sensor8

Museum / vouchered55

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO92 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 1

3 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor8

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 55 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence55

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Institution	Specimens
African Butterfly Research Institutelocation not on record	30
National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record	21
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record	3
NTNU University Museum, Department of Natural Historylocation not on record	1

4 institutions · 55 of 55 vouchered records shown