''Pyronia'' 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 ...
of
butterflies
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 ...
from the subfamily
Satyrinae
The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...
in the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...
.
Description
These butterflies have
vestigial
Vestigiality is the retention, during the process of evolution, of genetically determined structures or attributes that have lost some or all of the ancestral function in a given species. Assessment of the vestigiality must generally rely on co ...
forelegs that cannot be used for walking. Male forelegs exhibit two tarsal joints, while female forelegs have four.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
"''Pyronia'' Hübner, [1819]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
* ''Pyronia bathseba">819]"">"''Pyronia'' Hübner, [1819]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
* ''Pyronia bathseba'' (Fabricius, 1793) – Spanish gatekeeper (Morocco, Algeria, southwest Europe)
* ''Pyronia cecilia'' (Vallantin, 1894) – southern gatekeeper (Morocco, southern Europe, Asia Minor)
* ''Pyronia coenonympha'' Felder, 1865 – (Himalayas)
* ''Pyronia janiroides'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 851 – false meadow brown (Algeria, Tunisia)
* '' Pyronia tithonus'' (Linnaeus, 1771) – gatekeeper or hedge brown (Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Morocco)
References
External links
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Satyrini
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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