Pyrgus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Pyrginae
Tribus: Pyrgini
Genus: Pyrgus
Species: P. accreta –P. aladaghensis –P. alpinus –P. alveus –P. andromedae –P. armoricanus –P. badachschana –P. bellieri – P. bolkariensis –P. bieti –P. cacaliae –P. carlinae –P. carthami –P. cashmirensis –P. centaureae –P. centralasiae – P. cinarae –P. darwazica –P. dejeani –P. fides –P. fritillarius –P. jupei –P. maculatus –P. malvae – P. melotis –P. nepalensis –P. oberthueri –P. onopordi –P. ruralis –P. scriptura –P. serratulae –P. sibirica – P. sidae –P. warrenensis –P. xanthus

Name

Pyrgus Hübner, [1819].

Type species: Papilio alveolus Hübner, [1800-1803], by subsequent designation by Westwood in Humphreys & Westwood, 1841: 120.

Synonymy

♦=Urbanus Hübner, [1806] (suppr. ICZN Op. 97); TS: malvae Linnaeus, 1758.
♦ Pyrgus Hübner, [1819]: 109; Humphreys & Westwood, 1841: 119; Hemming, 1967: 389; Bridges, 1994: IX.54.
♦ Scelotrix Rambur, 1858ː 63. TS: carthami Hübner, [1813]
♦ Bremeria Tutt, 1906ː 296. (Invalid; preocc. Bremeria Alpheraky, 1892 Nymphalidae).TS: bieti Oberthür, 1886
♦ Ateleomorpha Warren, 1926: 19, 87; typus onopordi Rambur, 1840.
♦ Hemiteleomorpha Warren, 1926: 19, 72; typus malvae (Linnaeus).
♦ Teleomorpha Warren, 1926: 18, 46; typus carthami (Hübner).

References

Primary references

Hübner, J. 1816–1826. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg. Papilionoidea. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Alberti, B., 1967. Über die Hesperia alveus Hbn. - Gruppe im Kaukasus - Raum nebst Beschreibung einer nellen Art (Lep., Hesperiidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 14: 461-472, 3 figs, 1 map. Reference page.
Bjerregård, E.B. & Mølgaard, M.S. 2023. A new taxon in the genus Pyrgus (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from the Carpathian Mountains in Romania. Phegea 51(1): 42-46. Reference page.
Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
Hemming, A.F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. BHL Reference page.
Hernández-Roldán, J.L., Munguira, M.L., Wagner, W. & Vila, R. 2012. Comparative analysis and taxonomic use of the morphology of immature stages and natural history traits in European species of Pyrgus Hübner (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Pyrginae). Zootaxa 3470: 1–71. Preview Reference page.
Humphreys, H.N. & Westwood, J.O. 1841. British Butterflies and Their Transformations. London: William Smith. 138pp, 42 Pls. Reference page.
de Jong, R. 1975. Notes on the genus Pyrgus (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 49(1): 1–18. PDF. Reference page.
de Jong, R. 1979. Revision of the Pyrgus alpinus group (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae), with notes on phylogeny and character displacement. Zoologische Mededelingen 54(4): 53–82. PDF. Reference page.
Korb, S.K. 2015b. Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoformеs) of the Inner Tian-Shan. Eversmannia Supplement 6: 3-?. Reference page.
Li, W., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Zhang, J., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns. PNAS 116(13): 6232–6237. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Text. SI Appendix. Reference page.
Rambur, J. P. 1837–1840. Faune entomologique de l'Andalousie. Paris, Bertrand. 1 1-144, Pls. 1-20; 2: 1-176, pls 1-16. 5 [1840]: 177-336. Paris: A. Bertrand.Reference page.
Rambur, J.P. 1858. Catalogue systématique des lépidoptères de l’Andalousie. 1: 1–92. Bailliere, Paris. BHL Reference page.
Schilde, 1886. Betrachtungen über die Variabilität in der Schmetterlings-Gattung Pyrgus. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 30: 39-62, Pl.2 figs 1-10. Reference page.
Tshikolovets, V.V., 2011. Butterflies of Europe & the Mediterranean Area Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice, Czech Republic. 544pp. ISBN 9788090490000. Reference page.
Wallengren, 1853. Skandinaviens Hesperiidae med särskild hähsyn till arteme af slägtet Syrichtus. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar. 10: 19-26. Reference page.
Warren, B.C.S., 1926. Monograph of the Tribe Hesperiidi (European Species) with Revised Classification of the Subfamily Hesperiinae (Palaearctic Species) Based on the Genital Armature of the Males. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 74(1): 1–167. paid PDF. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1926.tb01184.x Reference page.
Warren, B.C.S., 1953. Three unrecognised species of Pyrgus (Lep., Hesperiidae). The Entomologist 86(4): 90–103, 18 f. Reference page.

Links

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Vernacular names

English: Grizzled skippers

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