Grizzled skippers

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Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Pyrginae Scientific name Pyrgus Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Family Hesperiidae Tribe Pyrgini Higher classification Pyrgini

Lower classifications Grizzled skipper, Large grizzled skipper, Pyrgus communis, Northern grizzled skipper

Pyrgus is a genus in the skippers butterfly family, Hesperiidae, known as the grizzled skippers. The name "grizzled skipper" best describes this genus, but in some countries the name "checkered" or "chequered skipper" is applied to some species. Strictly speaking, "chequered skippers" applies to butterflies of the genus Carterocephalus. They occur in the Holarctic with an additional group of species extending to the Neotropic.

Grizzled skippers Bestimmungshilfe des Lepiforums Pyrgus Malvoides

Examples of Pyrgus species:

Pyrgus aladaghensis De Prins & Poorten, 1995 – Aladagh skipper

Pyrgus albescens Plötz, 1884 – white checkered skipper

Pyrgus alpinus Erschoff, 1874)

Pyrgus alveus (Hübner, 1803) – large grizzled skipper

Pyrgus armoricanus (Oberthür, 1910) – Oberthür's grizzled skipper

Pyrgus andromedae (Wallengren, 1853) – Alpine grizzled skipper

Pyrgus barrosi Ureta, 1956 Chile

Pyrgus bellieri (Oberthür, 1910) – Foulquier's grizzled skipper

Pyrgus bocchoris (Hewitson, 1874) Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina

Pyrgus bolkariensis (Mabille, 1875)

Pyrgus bieti (Oberthür, 1886) West China, Tibet

Pyrgus cacaliae (Rambur, 1839) – dusky grizzled skipper

Pyrgus carlinae (Rambur, 1839) – carline skipper

Pyrgus carthami (Hübner, [1813]) – safflower skipper

Pyrgus cashmirensis (Erschoff, 1874)

Pyrgus centaureae (Rambur, 1839) – (northern) grizzled skipper or alpine checkered skipper

Pyrgus cinarae (Rambur, 1839) – sandy grizzled skipper

Pyrgus cirsii (Rambur, 1839) – cinquefoil skipper

Pyrgus chapmani (Warren, 1926) Sayan Mountains, Siberia

Pyrgus communis (Grote, 1872) – common checkered skipper

Pyrgus darwazicus Grum-Grshimailo, 1890

Pyrgus fides Hayward, 1940 Argentina, Chile, Peru

Pyrgus jupei (Alberti, 1967) - Caucasian skipper

Pyrgus limbata (Erschoff, 1876) Peru, Bolivia

Pyrgus maculatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853) South Siberia (Altai, Ussuri), West China, Japan

Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus, 1758) – grizzled skipper

Pyrgus malvoides (Elwes & Edwards, 1898) – southern grizzled skipper

Pyrgus melotis (Duponchel, (1834)) - Aegean skipper

Pyrgus notatus (Blanchard, 1852) Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Chile

Pyrgus oberthueri (Leech, 1891) West China, Tibet

Pyrgus oileus (Linnaeus, 1767) – tropical checkered skipper

Pyrgus onopordi (Rambur, 1839) – rosy grizzled skipper

Pyrgus orcus (Stoll, 1780) Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil(Mato Grosso, Pará), Martinique, Trinidad, Cuba.

Pyrgus philetas WH Edwards, 1881 – desert checkered skipper

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) Altai, Sayan (Siberia)

Pyrgus sidae (Esper, 1784) – yellow-banded skipper

Pyrgus speyeri (Staudinger, 1887)

Pyrgus trebevicensis Warren, 1926

Pyrgus veturius Plötz, 1884

Pyrgus warrenensis (Verity, 1928) – Warren's skipper

Pyrgus xanthus Edwards, 1878 – mountain checkered skipper South Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona