Pyrgus maculatus
Pyrgus maculatus is an eastern 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.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Pyrgus |
Species: | P. maculatus |
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Pyrgus maculatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853) | |
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Subspecies
- P. m. maculatus
- P. m. bocki (Oberthür, 1912)
- P. m. thibetanus (Oberthür, 1891) (west China)
References
- Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Pyrgus maculatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- 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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