Pyrgus maculatus

Pyrgus maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Hesperiidae
Genus:Pyrgus
Species: P. maculatus
Binomial name
Pyrgus maculatus
(Bremer & Grey, 1853)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Syrichthus maculatus Bremer & Grey, 1853
  • Scelothrix zona Mabille, 1875
  • Scelothrix albistriga Mabille, 1876
  • Pyrgus sinicus Butler, 1877
  • Syrichthus bocki Oberthür, 1912
  • Syrichthus thibetanus Oberthür, 1891

Pyrgus maculatus is an East Palearctic butterfly in the Hesperiidae (Pyrginae) family. It is found in South Siberia (Altai to Ussuri) and Japan. The larva feeds on Spiraea species (including Spiraea ussuriensis and Spiraea media) and Potentilla freyniana.

Subspecies

  • P. m. maculatus
  • P. m. bocki (Oberthür, 1912)
  • P. m. thibetanus (Oberthür, 1891) (west China)

References

  1. ↑ Pyrgus, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Bremer & Grey, 1853 Diagnoses de Lépidopterères nouveaux, trouvés par Mm. Tatarinoff et Gaschkewitch aux environs de Pekin in Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 1: 58-67
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