Pyrgus melotis

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: Pyrgus melotis
Subspecies: P. m. graecus –P. m. melotis –P. m. ponticus

Name

Pyrgus melotis Duponchel, [1834].

Type locality: Greece, Milos Island.

Typus: ♂.

Synonymy

• Hesperia melotis Duponchel, [1834]: 257, Pl.XLII, figs 1,2.
• Hesperia hypoleucos Lederer, 1855: 193, Pl.1 fig.8. Beirut.
• Pyrgus malvae forma graeca Oberthur, 1910: 394, pl.54, figs 468-469.
• Scelothrix jordana Hemming, 1932: 290, pl.15, figs.24,25; pl.16, figs.51,52.
• Pyrgus malvae melotis (Duponchel); Evans, 1949: 190.
• Pyrgus malvae melotis (Duponchel); Bridges, 1994: VII.140, IX.56.
• Pyrgus melotis melotis (Duponchel); Tshikolovets, 2011: 51.

References

• 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. 
• Duponchel, P.A.J., 1832-1835. In: Godart, J.B. & Duponchel, P.A.J. Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de France 1. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1949. A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). xix+502pp., 53 pls. BMNH, London. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A. F., 1932. The Butterflies of Transjordan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 80(2):269-299, pls 15,16, 3 text-figs. web purchase Reference page. 
• Lederer, J. 1855. Beitrag zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Cypern, Beirut und einem Theile Klein-Asiens. Verhandlungen des zoologische-botanischen Vereins in Wien 5: 177–234. BHL: text, plates. Reference page. 
• Tshikolovets, V.V., 2011. Butterflies of Europe & the Mediterranean Area Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice, Czech Republic. 544pp. ISBN 9788090490000. Reference page.