Pyrgus maculatus

Pyrgus maculatus is an east Palearctic butterfly in the family Hesperiidae and subfamily Pyrginae. The species was first described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William Grey in 1853.[1][2] 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.

Pyrgus maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pyrgus
Species:
P. maculatus
Binomial name
Pyrgus maculatus
(Bremer & Grey, 1853)
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

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

References
  1. Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Pyrgus maculatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  2. Bremer & Grey (185). "Diagnoses de Lépidopterères nouveaux, trouvés par Mm. Tatarinoff et Gaschkewitch aux environs de Pekin in Motschulsky". Études d'Entomologie. 1: 58-67.
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