''Pyrgus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
in the skippers
butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
family,
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...
, known as the grizzled skippers. The name "checkered" or "chequered skipper" may also be applied to some species, but also refers to species in the genera ''
Burnsius'' and ''
Carterocephalus
''Carterocephalus'' is a Holarctic genus of skipperlings in the skipper family, Hesperiidae.
The wing colour is yellow, white, dark-brown and black with a variously spotted appearance. The hindwing upperside is dark with clear cut rounded light ...
''. They occur in the
Holarctic
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical reg ...
with an additional group of species extending to the
Neotropic
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeogra ...
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In 2019, most of the species of ''Pyrgus'' found in the North, Central, or South America were moved to the genera ''
Burnsius'', ''
Chirgus'', and ''
Heliopetes''. The remaining ''Pyrgus'' species found in the
New World
The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas, and sometimes Oceania."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: ...
are ''Pyrgus centaureae'', ''ruralis'', ''scriptura'', and ''xanthus''.
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Species
These species belong to the genus ''Pyrgus'':[
* '' Pyrgus accretus'' (Verity, 1925)
* '' Pyrgus aladaghensis'' de Prins & van der Poorten, 1995 (aladag skipper)
* '' Pyrgus alpinus'' Erschoff, 1874
* '' Pyrgus alveus'' (Hübner, 1803) (large grizzled skipper)
* '']Pyrgus andromedae
''Pyrgus'' is a genus in the skippers butterfly family, Hesperiidae, known as the grizzled skippers. The name "checkered" or "chequered skipper" may also be applied to some species, but also refers to species in the genera '' Burnsius'' and ''Ca ...
'' (Wallengren, 1853) (alpine grizzled skipper)
* '' Pyrgus armoricanus'' (Oberthür, 1910) (oberthür's grizzled skipper)
* '' Pyrgus bieti'' (Oberthür, 1886)
* '' Pyrgus bolkariensis'' de Prins & van der Poorten, 1995 (bolkar skipper)
* '' Pyrgus cacaliae'' (Rambur, 1839) (dusky grizzled skipper)
* '' Pyrgus carlinae'' (Rambur, 1839) (carline skipper)
* '' Pyrgus carthami'' (Hübner, 1813) (safflower skipper)
* '' Pyrgus centaureae'' (Rambur, 1842) (northern grizzled skipper)
* '' Pyrgus centralitaliae'' (Verity, 1920)
* '' Pyrgus chapmani'' Warren, 1926
* '' Pyrgus cinarae'' (Rambur, 1839) (sandy grizzled skipper)
* '' Pyrgus cirsii'' (Rambur, 1839) (cinquefoil skipper)
* '' Pyrgus foulquieri'' (Oberthür, 1910) (foulquier's grizzled skipper)
* '' Pyrgus iliensis'' (Reverdin, 1912)
* ''Pyrgus jupei
''Pyrgus jupei'', the Caucasian skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Buchard Alberti in 1967. It is found in the Caucasus, Turkey and northern Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) a ...
'' (Alberti, 1967) (caucasian skipper)
* '' Pyrgus maculatus'' Bremer & Grey, 1853
* ''Pyrgus malvae
''Pyrgus malvae'', the grizzled skipper, is a butterfly species from the family Skipper (butterfly), Hesperiidae. It is a small skipper (butterfly) with a chequered pattern on its wings that appears to be black and white. This butterfly can be f ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (grizzled skipper)
* '' Pyrgus malvoides'' (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) (southern grizzled skipper)
* '' Pyrgus melotis'' Duponchel, 1832 (aegean skipper)
* '' Pyrgus nepalensis'' Higgins, 1984
* '' Pyrgus onopordi'' (Rambur, 1839) (rosy grizzled skipper)
* '' Pyrgus picenus'' Verity, 1920
* '' Pyrgus pontica'' Reverdin, 1914
* '' Pyrgus ruralis'' (Boisduval, 1852) (two-banded checkered skipper)
* '' Pyrgus scriptura'' (Boisduval, 1852) (small checkered skipper)
* '' Pyrgus serratulae'' (Rambur, 1839) (olive skipper)
* '' Pyrgus sibirica'' (Reverdin, 1911)
* '' Pyrgus sidae'' (Esper, 1784) (yellow-banded skipper)
* '' Pyrgus speyeri'' (Staudinger, 1887)
* '' Pyrgus warrenensis'' (Verity, 1928) (warren's skipper)
* '' Pyrgus xanthus'' W. H. Edwards, 1878 (mountain checkered skipper)
References and external links
Yellow-banded Skipper page
Moths and butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
Hesperiidae genera
Pyrgini
Taxa described in 1819