Pyrgus warrenensis
| Warren's skipper | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgus |
| Species: | P. warrenensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgus warrenensis (Verity, 1928)
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Pyrgus warrenensis, the Warren's skipper, is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is a strictly Alpine species.
This is a small skipper (wingspan 18–24 mm) with tiny white markings on dark brown wings. Very little is known about the ecology of this species and the larval food plant is unknown.
References[]
- Whalley, Paul - Mitchell Beazley Guide to Butterflies (1981, reprinted 1992) ISBN 0-85533-348-0
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Categories:
- Pyrgus
- Butterflies described in 1928
- Butterflies of Europe
- Taxa named by Ruggero Verity
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