Pyrgus malvoides

Pyrgus malvoides, the southern grizzled skipper, is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). The southern grizzled skipper is also very closely related to the grizzled skipper and has not been separated by significant isolation reproductive barriers.[1] It is found from central France, southern Switzerland and Austria, south to Spain, Portugal and Italy. It is found up to heights of 2,500 meters.

Southern grizzled skipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pyrgus
Species:
P. malvoides
Binomial name
Pyrgus malvoides
(Elwes & Edwards, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia malvoides Elwes & Edwards, 1897

The wingspan is 24–26 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September.

The larva feed on Potentilla, Agrimonia and Fragaria species, but primarily Potentilla erecta.

References

  1. Hernández-Roldán, Juan L.; Bofill, Roger; Dapporto, Leonardo; Munguira, Miguel L.; Vila, Roger (2014-09-01). "Morphological and chemical analysis of male scent organs in the butterfly genus Pyrgus (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 14 (3): 269–278. doi:10.1007/s13127-014-0170-x. ISSN 1439-6092.


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