Pyrgus speyeri

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Pyrgus speyeri
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Pyrgus speyeri in Seitz 85 g
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pyrgus
Species:
P. speyeri
Binomial name
Pyrgus speyeri
(Staudinger, 1887) [1]
Synonyms
  • Scelothrix speyeriStaudinger, 1887

Pyrgus speyeri is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Sayan, Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri) that belongs to the skippers family.

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Description from Seitz

H. Speyeri Stgr. (85 g). On both sides darker than the preceding (H. carthami), the spots of the forewing above smaller; the first spot of the median band of the hindwing beneath, situated in interspace 6, is absent, being sometimes represented by an indistinct smear. Otherwise similar to serrutulae . Amurland, Ussuri, and Dauria. — In seitzi form nov. (85 g). of which 1 have a female from Sajan, the upperside of the wings is uniformly black, the forewing bearing an indistinct grey diffuse discocellular half-moon. Fringes white, interrupted by conspicuous black spots.. On the underside the apex of the wing is dark grey, the centre blackish; a spot in the cell, a discocellular arc, in interspace 10 a streak, further three small apical spots, and six dots forming an oblique curved row from interspace 6 to 2; these dots small, white, non-transparent. Hindwing olive-black, with three spots at the base, three larger ones close together, situated at the costa and vein 4, moreover a spot in interspace 1 b. Subterminal row of dots as in speyeri, but less prominent. [2]

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References

  1. Staudinger, 1887 Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren aus dem Amur-Gebiete in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3 : 126-232, pl. 6-12, 16-17
  2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)