Pyrgus

Pyrgus is a genus in the skippers butterfly family, Hesperiidae, known as the grizzled skippers. The name "grizzled skipper" best describes this genus, but in some countries the name "checkered" or "chequered skipper" is applied to some species. Strictly speaking, "chequered skippers" applies to butterflies of the genus Carterocephalus. They occur in the Holarctic with an additional group of species extending to the Neotropic.

Genus Pyrgus mating in Madrid, Spain

Grizzled skippers
Grizzled skipper (Pyrgus malvae )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Pyrgini
Genus:	Pyrgus Hübner, [1819]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Urbanus Hübner, [1806] (suppressed) Scelotrix Rambur, 1858 Bremeria Tutt, 1906 Teleomorpha Warren, 1926 Hemiteleomorapha Warren, 1926 Ateleomorpha Warren, 1926

Examples of Pyrgus species:

• Pyrgus aladaghensis De Prins & Poorten, 1995 – Aladagh skipper
• Pyrgus albescens Plötz, 1884 – white checkered skipper
• Pyrgus alpinus Erschoff, 1874)
• Pyrgus alveus (Hübner, 1803) – large grizzled skipper
• Pyrgus armoricanus (Oberthür, 1910) – Oberthür's grizzled skipper
• Pyrgus andromedae (Wallengren, 1853) – Alpine grizzled skipper
• Pyrgus barrosi Ureta, 1956 Chile
• Pyrgus bellieri (Oberthür, 1910) – Foulquier's grizzled skipper
• Pyrgus bocchoris (Hewitson, 1874) Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina
• Pyrgus bolkariensis (Mabille, 1875)
• Pyrgus bieti (Oberthür, 1886) West China, Tibet
• Pyrgus cacaliae (Rambur, 1839) – dusky grizzled skipper
• Pyrgus carlinae (Rambur, 1839) – carline skipper
• Pyrgus carthami (Hübner, [1813]) – safflower skipper
• Pyrgus cashmirensis (Erschoff, 1874)
• Pyrgus centaureae (Rambur, 1839) – (northern) grizzled skipper or alpine checkered skipper
• Pyrgus cinarae (Rambur, 1839) – sandy grizzled skipper
• Pyrgus cirsii (Rambur, 1839) – cinquefoil skipper
• Pyrgus chapmani (Warren, 1926) Sayan Mountains, Siberia
• Pyrgus communis (Grote, 1872) – common checkered skipper
• Pyrgus darwazicus Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
• Pyrgus fides Hayward, 1940 Argentina, Chile, Peru
• Pyrgus jupei (Alberti, 1967) - Caucasian skipper
• Pyrgus limbata (Erschoff, 1876) Peru, Bolivia
• Pyrgus maculatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853) South Siberia (Altai, Ussuri), West China, Japan
• Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus, 1758) – grizzled skipper
• Pyrgus malvoides (Elwes & Edwards, 1898) – southern grizzled skipper
• Pyrgus melotis (Duponchel, (1834)) - Aegean skipper
• Pyrgus notatus (Blanchard, 1852) Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Chile
• Pyrgus oberthueri (Leech, 1891) West China, Tibet (often spelled "oberthuri" in error)
• Pyrgus oileus (Linnaeus, 1767) – tropical checkered skipper
• Pyrgus onopordi (Rambur, 1839) – rosy grizzled skipper
• Pyrgus orcus (Stoll, 1780) Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil(Mato Grosso, Pará), Martinique, Trinidad, Cuba.
• Pyrgus philetas WH Edwards, 1881 – desert checkered skipper
• Pyrgus ruralis (Boisduval, 1852) – two-banded checkered skipper
• Pyrgus scriptura (Boisduval, 1852) – small checkered skipper
• Pyrgus serratulae (Rambur, 1839) – olive skipper
• Pyrgus sibirica (Reverdin, 1911) Altai, Sayan (Siberia)
• Pyrgus sidae (Esper, 1784) – yellow-banded skipper
• Pyrgus speyeri (Staudinger, 1887)
• Pyrgus trebevicensis Warren, 1926
• Pyrgus veturius Plötz, 1884
• Pyrgus warrenensis (Verity, 1928) – Warren's skipper
• Pyrgus xanthus Edwards, 1878 – mountain checkered skipper South Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona