Warren's Skipper

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Warren's Skipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Hesperioidea
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Genus: Pyrgus
Species: P. warrenensis
Binomial name
Pyrgus warrenensis
(Verity, 1928)

Warren's Skipper (Pyrgus warrenensis) is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is a strictly Alpine species.

This is a small skipper (wingspan 18-24 mm) with tiny white markings on dark brown wings. Very little is known about the ecology of this species and the larval food plant is unknown.

[edit] References

  • Whalley, Paul - Mitchell Beazley Guide to Butterflies (1981, reprinted 1992) ISBN 0-85533-348-0