- Grizzled Skippers
Taxobox
name = Grizzled Skippers
image_width = 200px
image_caption =Grizzled Skipper as an example of the genus
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
familia =Hesperiidae
subfamilia =Hesperiinae
genus = "Pyrgus"
genus_authority = Hübner,1819
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =See text."Pyrgus" is a
genus in the Skippersbutterfly 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 ".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)
* "Pyrgus bellieri " (Oberthür, 1910) - Foulquier's Grizzled Skipper
* "Pyrgus bocchoris "(Hewitson, 1874)
* "Pyrgus bolkariensis (Mabille, 1875)
* "Pyrgus breti " Oberthür
* "Pyrgus cacaliae " (Rambur, 1839) - Dusky Grizzled Skipper
* "Pyrgus carlinae " (Rambur, 1836) - Carline Skipper
* "Pyrgus carthami " (Hübner, (1813)) - Safflower Skipper
* "Pyrgus cashmirensis " (Erschoff, 1874)
* "Pyrgus centaureae " - Northern Grizzled Skipper
* "Pyrgus centaureae " Wyandot
* "Pyrgus cinarae " (Rambur, 1839) - Sandy Grizzled Skipper
* "Pyrgus cirsii " (Rambur, 1839) - Cinquefoil Skipper
* "Pyrgus communis "(Grote, 1872) - Common Checkered Skipper
* "Pyrgus darwazicus " (Erschoff, 1874)
* "Pyrgus fides " Oberthür
* "Pyrgus jupei "(Alberti, 1967)
* "Pyrgus limbata "(Erschoff)
* "Pyrgus maculatus " (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
* "Pyrgus malvae " (Linnaeus, 1758) - Grizzled Skipper
* "Pyrgus malvoides " (Elwes & Edwards, 1898)
* "Pyrgus melotis "(Duponchel, (1834))
* "Pyrgus notatus "(Blanchard)
* "Pyrgus oberthueri " Leech
* "Pyrgus oileus " (Carolus Linnaeus|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 veturius " Plötz
* "Pyrgus warrenensis " (Verity, 1928) - Warren's Skipper
* "Pyrgus xanthus " - Mountain Checkered SkipperReferences and external links
* [http://bugguide.net/node/view/4780/tree "Pyrgus" page] from [http://bugguide.net/]
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/felixthecatalog.tim/yellow_banded_skipper.htm Yellow-banded Skipper page]
* [http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/tatum/034-036.htm "Pyrgus ruralis" page]
* [http://www.texasento.net/tamps_overton.htm Edinburg WBC NE Mexico Trip]
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/felixthecatalog.tim/safflower_skipper.htm Safflower Skipper]
* [http://www.leps.it Moths and butterflies of Europe and North Africa]
* [http://www.naba.org/pubs/enames.html English butterfly names for North America]
* [http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/hesper/hesperi.htm List of Hesperiidae photographed by O. Kosterin]
* [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/warp/lepidoptera-5-Finnish-list.html Lepidoptera list (with Finnish common names)]
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