Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Pyrgus | |
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Similar Ochlodes venatus, Thoressa varia, Maculinea arionides, Favonius taxila, Araschnia burejana | ||
Pyrgus maculatus is an East Palearctic butterfly in the Hesperiidae (Pyrginae) family. It is found in South Siberia (Altai to Ussuri) and Japan. The larva feeds on Spiraea species (including Spiraea ussuriensis and Spiraea media) and Potentilla freyniana.
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