Pyrgus malvoides

Southern grizzled skipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Hesperiidae
Genus:Pyrgus
Species: P. malvoides
Binomial name
Pyrgus malvoides
(Elwes & Edwards, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia malvoides Elwes & Edwards, 1897

Pyrgus malvoides, the southern grizzled skipper, is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). The southern grizzled skipper is also very closely related to the grizzled skipper and has not been separated by significant isolation reproductive barriers.[1] It is found from central France, southern Switzerland and Austria, south to Spain, Portugal and Italy. It is found up to heights of 2,500 meters.

The wingspan is 24–26 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September.

The larva feed on Potentilla, Agrimonia and Fragaria species, but primarily Potentilla erecta.

References

  1. ↑ Hernández-Roldán, Juan L.; Bofill, Roger; Dapporto, Leonardo; Munguira, Miguel L.; Vila, Roger (2014-09-01). "Morphological and chemical analysis of male scent organs in the butterfly genus Pyrgus (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 14 (3): 269–278. doi:10.1007/s13127-014-0170-x. ISSN 1439-6092.


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