Pyrgus maculatus

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Pyrgus maculatus
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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 east 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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A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper. Its purpose is to give a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species which have been described previously or are related. The species description often contains photographs or other illustrations of the type material and states in which museums it has been deposited. The publication in which the species is described gives the new species a formal scientific name. Some 1.9 million species have been identified and described, out of some 8.7 million that may actually exist. Millions more have become extinct.

Otto Vasilievich Bremer was a Russian naturalist and entomologist.

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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.
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