Grizzled skippers

Grizzled skippers

Grizzled Skipper as an example of the genus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Pyrginae
Tribe:	Pyrgini
Genus:	Pyrgus Hübner, [1819]
Species
See text.
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 'Grizzled Skipper' best describes this genus, but in some countries the name 'Checkered Skipper' or 'Chequered Skipper' is applied to some species. Strictly speaking, 'chequered skippers' applies to butterflies of the genus Carterocephalus.

Genus Pyrgus mating in Madrid, Spain.

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
Pyrgus bellieri (Oberthür, 1910) – Foulquier's Grizzled Skipper
Pyrgus bocchoris (Hewitson, 1874)
Pyrgus bolkariensis (Mabille, 1875)
Pyrgus bieti (Oberthür, 1886)
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)
Pyrgus communis (Grote, 1872) – Common Checkered Skipper
Pyrgus darwazicus Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
Pyrgus fides Hayward, 1940
Pyrgus jupei (Alberti, 1967) - Caucasian Skipper
Pyrgus limbata (Erschoff, 1876)
Pyrgus maculatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus, 1758) – Grizzled Skipper
Pyrgus malvoides (Elwes & Edwards, 1898) – Southern Grizzled Skipper
Pyrgus melotis (Duponchel, (1834)) - Aegean skipper
Pyrgus notatus (Blanchard, 1852)
Pyrgus oberthueri (Leech, 1891)
Pyrgus oileus (Linnaeus, 1767) – Tropical Checkered Skipper
Pyrgus onopordi (Rambur, 1839) – Rosy Grizzled Skipper
Pyrgus orcus (Stoll, 1780)
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)
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

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