Pyronia
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Genus: | Pyronia Hübner, [1819]
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Pyronia is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.
Species
Listed alphabetically.[1]
- Pyronia bathseba (Fabricius, 1793) – Spanish Gatekeeper [Morocco, Algeria, SWEU]
- Pyronia cecilia (Vallantin, 1894) – Southern Gatekeeper [Morocco, SEU, Asia Minor]
- Pyronia coenonympha Felder, 1865 – [Himalayas]
- Pyronia janiroides (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]) – False Meadow Brown [Algeria, Tunisia]
- Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1771) – Gatekeeper, Hedge Brown [Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Morocco]
References
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