Pyrgus carthami (Hubner, 1813)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Hesperiidae → subfamily Pyrginae → tribe Pyrgini → genus Pyrgus → species Pyrgus carthami
Species name(s)
Pyrgus carthami (Hubner, 1813) = Hesperia carthami = Papilio carthami Hübner, [1813] = fritillarius auct. nec Poda, 1761.
Safflower Skipper
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Detailed information with references
Synonyms and combinations
- Hesperia carthami. [85]. Peter Khramov.
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1]. Peter Khramov.
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Mid-Volzhsky, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3]. Peter Khramov.
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal (mainland) Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, France (mainland)Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10]. Peter Khramov.
Larva food plants
- Potentilla, Malva, Althaea, Centaurea. [28]. Peter Khramov.
Subspecies Pyrgus carthami
- P. c. moeschleri Herrich-Schäffer, 1854.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Boris Stradomsky. Text data: Peter Khramov.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
Color characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera.ru (Insecta.pro previous version / cтарая версия Insecta.pro)
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