Pyrgus

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Grizzled skippers
Pyrgus malvae1.jpg
Grizzled skipper (Pyrgus malvae )
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Pyrgini
Genus: Pyrgus
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Urbanus Hübner, [1806] (suppressed)
  • Scelotrix Rambur, 1858
  • Bremeria Tutt, 1906
  • Teleomorpha Warren, 1926
  • Hemiteleomorapha Warren, 1926
  • Ateleomorpha Warren, 1926

Pyrgus is a genus in the skippers butterfly family, Hesperiidae, known as the grizzled skippers. The name "checkered" or "chequered skipper" may also be applied to some species, but also refers to species in the genus Carterocephalus. They occur in the Holarctic with an additional group of species extending to the Neotropic.

In 2019, most of the species of Pyrgus found in the North, Central, or South America were moved to the genera Burnsius, Chirgus, and Heliopetes. The remaining Pyrgus species found in the New World are Pyrgus centaureae, ruralis, scriptura, and xanthus.[1]

Species[]

These species belong to the genus Pyrgus:[1][2]

  • (Verity, 1925)
  • Pyrgus alpinus Erschoff, 1874
  • Pyrgus alveus (Hübner, 1803) (large grizzled skipper)
  • Pyrgus andromedae (Wallengren, 1853) (Alpine grizzled skipper)
  • (Oberthur, 1910) (oberthür's grizzled skipper)
  • Pyrgus cacaliae (Rambur, 1839) (dusky grizzled skipper)
  • Pyrgus carlinae (Rambur, [1839]) (carline skipper)
  • Pyrgus carthami (Hübner, [1813]) (safflower skipper)
  • Pyrgus centaureae (Rambur, 1842) (northern grizzled skipper)
  • (Verity, 1920)
  • Pyrgus cinarae (Rambur, 1839) (sandy grizzled skipper)
  • Pyrgus cirsii (Rambur, 1839) (cinquefoil skipper)
  • Pyrgus foulquieri (Oberthür, 1910) (foulquier's grizzled skipper)
  • Pyrgus jupei (Alberti, 1967) (caucasian skipper)
  • Pyrgus maculatus Bremer & Grey, 1853
  • Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus, 1758) (grizzled skipper)
  • Pyrgus malvoides (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) (southern grizzled skipper)
  • Pyrgus melotis Duponchel, 1832 (aegean skipper)
  • Higgins, 1984
  • Pyrgus onopordi (Rambur, 1839) (rosy grizzled skipper)
  • Reverdin, 1914
  • Pyrgus ruralis (Boisduval, 1852) (two-banded checkered skipper)
  • Pyrgus scriptura (Boisduval, 1852) (small checkered skipper)
  • Pyrgus serratulae (Rambur, [1839]) (olive skipper)
  • Pyrgus sidae (Esper, 1784) (yellow-banded skipper)
  • Pyrgus speyeri (Staudinger, 1887)
  • Pyrgus warrenensis (Verity, 1928) (warren's skipper)
  • Pyrgus xanthus W. H. Edwards, 1878 (mountain checkered skipper)

References and external links[]

  1. ^ a b Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; et al. (2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13): 6232–6237. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
  2. ^ "Pyrgus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
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