Pyronia

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Satyrinae Scientific name Pyronia Higher classification Maniolina Order Butterflies and moths		Family Nymphalidae Tribe Satyrini Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus

Similar Gatekeeper, Maniola, Butterflies and moths, Lasiommata, Pararge

Pyronia tithonus gatekeeper oranje zandoogje

Pyronia is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.

Listed alphabetically.

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, [1851]) – False meadow brown [Algeria, Tunisia]

Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1771) – Gatekeeper, hedge brown [Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Morocco]

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