Pyrgus

Grizzled skippers
	Grizzled skipper (Pyrgus malvae )
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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;

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.

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

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