''Pyrgus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

in the skippers

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...

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

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with an additional group of species extending to the

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. In 2019, most of the species of ''Pyrgus'' found in the North, Central, or South America were moved to the genera '' Burnsius'', ''

Chirgus ''Chirgus'' is a genus of checkered-skippers, white-skippers, and allies in the butterfly family Hesperiidae, found in the New World. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019. There are about six described species in ''Chirgus''. As a re ...

'', and '' Heliopetes''. The remaining ''Pyrgus'' species found in the

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are ''Pyrgus centaureae'', ''ruralis'', ''scriptura'', and ''xanthus''.

Species

These species belong to the genus ''Pyrgus'': * '' Pyrgus accretus'' (Verity, 1925) * '' Pyrgus alpinus'' Erschoff, 1874 * '' Pyrgus alveus'' (Hübner, 1803) (large grizzled skipper) * '' Pyrgus andromedae'' (Wallengren, 1853) (Alpine grizzled skipper) * '' Pyrgus armoricanus'' (Oberthur, 1910) (oberthür's grizzled skipper) * ''

Pyrgus cacaliae The Dusky Grizzled Skipper (''Pyrgus cacaliae'') is a species of skipper butterfly (family Hesperiidae). Description ''Pyrgus cacaliae'' is comparatively large and the white spots on the upper side of the forewing are greatly reduced. The hind ...

'' (Rambur, 1839) (dusky grizzled skipper) * '' Pyrgus carlinae'' (Rambur,

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(carline skipper) * '' Pyrgus carthami'' (Hübner,

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(safflower skipper) * '' Pyrgus centaureae'' (Rambur, 1842) (northern grizzled skipper) * ''

Pyrgus centralitaliae ''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 '' ...

'' (Verity, 1920) * ''

Pyrgus cinarae The sandy grizzled skipper (''Pyrgus cinarae'') is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It has a restricted range in southeastern Europe with a small relict population in central Spain. As with many ''Pyrgus'' species, this can be difficu ...

'' (Rambur, 1839) (sandy grizzled skipper) * ''

Pyrgus cirsii The Cinquefoil Skipper (''Pyrgus cirsii'') is a species of skipper butterfly (family Hesperiidae). Description This species has a wingspan of 26–28 mm and, typically of its genus, can be very difficult to identify in the field. ''Pyrgus c ...

'' (Rambur, 1839) (cinquefoil skipper) * ''

Pyrgus foulquieri Foulquier's grizzled skipper (''Pyrgus bellieri'', syn. ''P. foulquieri'') is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It has a limited distribution in central and southern France and adjacent areas of Spain and Italy and also Corsica. Within t ...

'' (Oberthür, 1910) (foulquier's grizzled skipper) * ''

Pyrgus jupei ''Pyrgus jupei'', the Caucasian skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Buchard Alberti in 1967. It is found in the Caucasus, Turkey and northern Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...

'' (Alberti, 1967) (caucasian skipper) * ''

Pyrgus maculatus ''Pyrgus maculatus'' is an eastern Palearctic butterfly in the family Hesperiidae and subfamily Pyrginae. The species was first described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William Grey in 1853.Bremer & Grey (185). "Diagnoses de Lépidopterères ...

'' Bremer & Grey, 1853 * ''

Pyrgus malvae ''Pyrgus malvae'', the grizzled skipper, is a butterfly species from the family Hesperiidae. It is a small skipper (butterfly) with a chequered pattern on its wings that appears to be black and white. This butterfly can be found throughout Euro ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (grizzled skipper) * ''

Pyrgus malvoides ''Pyrgus malvoides'', the Southern Grizzled Skipper, is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). Description The wingspan of this butterfly is 24–26 mm. ''Pyrgus malvoides'' cannot be distinguished from '' Pyrgus malvae'' by exter ...

'' (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) (southern grizzled skipper) * ''

Pyrgus melotis ''Pyrgus melotis'', the Aegean skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1832. It is found in the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Greece and the Middle East. It is a member ...

'' Duponchel, 1832 (aegean skipper) * ''

Pyrgus nepalensis ''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 '' ...

'' Higgins, 1984 * '' Pyrgus onopordi'' (Rambur, 1839) (rosy grizzled skipper) * '' Pyrgus pontica'' Reverdin, 1914 * '' Pyrgus ruralis'' (Boisduval, 1852) (two-banded checkered skipper) * '' Pyrgus scriptura'' (Boisduval, 1852) (small checkered skipper) * '' Pyrgus serratulae'' (Rambur,

(olive skipper) * ''

Pyrgus sidae ''Pyrgus sidae'', the yellow-banded skipper, is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is found in from the Iberian Peninsula (only an isolated occurrence in the Sierra de Gredos) through southern and eastern Europe , southeast France, ...

'' (Esper, 1784) (yellow-banded skipper) * ''

Pyrgus speyeri ''Pyrgus speyeri '' is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, an ...

'' (Staudinger, 1887) * ''

Pyrgus warrenensis ''Pyrgus warrenensis'', the Warren's skipper, is a species of skipper (butterfly), skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is a strictly Alps, Alpine species. This is a small skipper (wingspan 18–24 mm) with tiny white markings on dark brown wi ...

'' (Verity, 1928) (warren's skipper) * '' Pyrgus xanthus'' W. H. Edwards, 1878 (mountain checkered skipper)

References and external links

''Pyrgus'' page
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Yellow-banded Skipper page

Moths and butterflies of Europe and North Africa

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