''Pyrrhopygopsis'' is a Neotropical genus of

grass skippers Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. Description and distribution With over 2,000 described sp ...

in the family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...

Species

*'' Pyrrhopygopsis agaricon'' Druce, 1908 **''P. agaricon agaricon''

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

**''P. agaricon nanta'' Evans, 1955

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

*'' Pyrrhopygopsis quispica'' (Plötz, 1886)

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

*'' Pyrrhopygopsis romula'' (Druce, 1875) **''P. romula romula'' Colombia **''P. romula lugubris'' Druce, 1908 Bolivia **''P. romula tenebricosa'' (Hewitson, 1876) Peru *'' Pyrrhopygopsis socrates'' (Ménétriés, 1855) **''P. socrates socrates''

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...

**''P. socrates crates'' Mabille & Boullet, 1912

, Ecuador, Peru **''P. socrates orasus'' (Druce, 1876) Peru, Colombia Funet
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References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

images representing ''Pyrrhopygopsis'' at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Hesperiinae Hesperiidae of South America Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman {{Hesperiinae-stub