''Chirgus'' is a genus of checkered-skippers, white-skippers, and allies in the
butterfly
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family
Hesperiidae, found in the
New World
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. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019. There are about six described species in ''Chirgus''.
As a result of a 2019 study of the genomes of 250 representative species of skippers, the genera ''Chirgus'' was created to contain six related species formerly in the genus ''
Pyrgus''.
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Species
These six species belong to the genus ''Chirgus'':
* '' Chirgus barrosi'' (Ureta, 1956)
* '' Chirgus bocchoris'' (Hewitson, 1874)
* '' Chirgus fides'' (Hayward, 1940)
* '' Chirgus limbata'' (Erschoff, 1876)
* '' Chirgus nigella'' (Weeks, 1902)
* '' Chirgus veturius'' (Plötz, 1884)
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Pyrgini
Taxa described in 2019
Hesperiidae genera
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