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Pyrgus

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Grizzled skippers
Grizzled skipper (Pyrgus malvae )
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Pyrgini
Genus: Pyrgus
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Urbanus Hübner, [1806] (suppressed)
  • Scelotrix Rambur, 1858
  • Bremeria Tutt, 1906
  • Teleomorpha Warren, 1926
  • Hemiteleomorapha Warren, 1926
  • Ateleomorpha Warren, 1926

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 Carterocephalus. They occur in the Holarctic with an additional group of species extending to the Neotropic.

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 are Pyrgus centaureae, ruralis, scriptura, and xanthus.[1][2]

Species

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These species belong to the genus Pyrgus:[1][3][4][5][6]

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  1. ^ a b Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; et al. (2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13): 6232–6237. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
  2. ^ "Pyrgus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  3. ^ "Pyrgus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  4. ^ Zhang, J; Cong, Q; Burns, JM; Grishin, NV (2022). "Checking the checkered taxonomy of Plötz's checkered skippers (Hesperiidae: Pyrgini)". Taxon Rep Int Lepid Surv. 10 (5). doi:10.5281/zenodo.6510282. PMC 9076161. PMID 35530660.
  5. ^ Pelham, Jonathan P. (2021). A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (Report).
  6. ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Opler, Paul A.; et al. (2019). "Changes to North American butterfly names" (PDF). The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. 8 (2): 1–12. ISSN 2643-4806. PMC 8570546. PMID 34746798.