Pyrgus xanthus

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 xanthus

Name

Pyrgus xanthus Edwards, 1878.

Type locality: Southern Colorado, "[Rosita, Custer County"].

Typus: male, BMNH, images.

Synonymy

♦ Pyrgus xanthus Edwards, 1878: 142; Bridges, 1994: VIII.138, IX.57.
♦ Pyrgus xanthus (Weymer in litt) Plötz, 1884: 20.
♦ Hesperia xanthus Edwards; Draudt, [1924]: 919, Pl.179a.
♦ Pyrgus ruralis xanthus (Edwards); Evans, [1953]: 218; Lepindex.

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.
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., 1878. Descriptions of New Species of North American Lepidoptera. Field and Forest 3(7/8): 115-119; 142-144. 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.
Plötz, C., 1884. Analytische Tabellen der Hesperiiner-Gattungen Pyrgus und Carcharodus. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein für Neuvorpommern und Rügen in Griefswald, 13-20: 1-24. Reference page.

Links

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