Pyrgus ruralis

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 ruralis
Subspecies: P. r. macdunnoughi – P. r. ruralis

Name

Pyrgus ruralis Boisduval, 1852.

Type locality: California.

Typus: ♀ BMNH, images.

Synonymy

♦Syrichthus ruralis Boisduval, 1852: 311.
♦=Syrichtus caespitatis Boisduval: 1852: 312.
♦=Syrichthus caespitalis Boisduval: 1869: 22. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
♦=Hesperia Ricara Edwards, 1865: 203, pl.1 fig.2.
♦=Hesperia centauriae Ranbür; Draudt, [1924]: 918.
♦Pyrgus ruralis ruralis (Boisduval); Evans, [1953]: 217; Bridges, 1994: VIII.197, IX.56.

References

• Barnes, W. & McDunnough, J.H., 1916. Notes and New Species. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 3(2): 49-212, Pls. 4-11. Reference page. 
• Boisduval, J.-A. 1852. Lepidoptères de la Californie. Annales de la Société entomologique de France 10(2): 275–324. BHL. Reference page. 
• Boisduval, J.-A. 1869. Lépidopères de la Californie. Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 12: 5–28, 37–94. BHL1; BHL2. 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. 
• Draudt, M.W.K. 1917–1924. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter. Lycaenidae and Grypocera. In Seitz, Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 5: 739–999, Pls.1–194. Reference page. 
• Edwards, W.H., 1865. Descriptions of certain species of diurnal lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and British North America, 4. Proc. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia 2: 201–204. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page. 

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