Pyrgus alpinus

Pyrgus alpinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Hesperiidae
Genus:Pyrgus
Species: P. alpinus
Binomial name
Pyrgus alpinus
(Erschoff, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
  • Syrichthus alpina Erschoff, 1874
  • Pyrgus alpina

Pyrgus alpinus is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Ghissar to western China and northern India.

Subspecies

  • Pyrgus alpinus alpinus
  • Pyrgus alpinus alichurensis de Jong, 1975 (southern and eastern Pamirs)
  • Pyrgus alpinus mustagatae Alberti, 1952 (Chinese eastern Pamirs)

References

  1. Pyrgus, Site of Markku Savela


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