Grizzled_Skipper

<i>Pyrgus</i>

Pyrgus

Butterfly genus known as grizzled skippers

For other uses, see Pyrgus (disambiguation).

Pyrgus is a genus in the skippers butterfly family, Hesperiidae, known as the grizzled skippers. The name "checkered" or "chequered skipper" may also be applied to some species, but also refers to species in the genera Burnsius and Carterocephalus. They occur in the Holarctic with an additional group of species extending to the Neotropic.

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In 2019, most of the species of Pyrgus found in the North, Central, or South America were moved to the genera Burnsius, Chirgus, and Heliopetes. The remaining Pyrgus species found in the New World are Pyrgus centaureae, ruralis, scriptura, and xanthus.[1][2]

Species

These species belong to the genus Pyrgus:[1][3][4][5][6]

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