Pyrgus maculatus

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 maculatusBremer & Grey, 1853 Scelothrix zonaMabille, 1875 Scelothrix albistrigaMabille, 1876 Pyrgus sinicusButler, 1877 Syrichthus bockiOberthür, 1912 Syrichthus thibetanusOberthür, 1891

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.

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.