Pyrgus malvoides (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Hesperiidae → subfamily Pyrginae → tribe Pyrgini → genus Pyrgus → species Pyrgus malvoides

Species name(s)

Pyrgus malvoides (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) = Hesperia malvoides Elwes & Edwards, 1897 = Hesperia albina Warren, 1926 = Hesperia alboinspersa Verity, 1916 = Argus alpestris Verity, 1940 = Hesperia alpina Tutt, 1906 = Hesperia andalusica Tutt, 1906 = Hesperia fasciata Warren, 1926 = Syrichthus fritillans Oberthür, 1910 = Hesperia intermedia Warren, 1926 = Hesperia luctuata Verity, 1914 = Hesperia pseudomalvae Verity, 1913 = Pyrgus posttutti Verity 1940 = Hesperia melotiformis Verity, 1929 = Hesperia modestior Verity, 1929 = Hesperia restricta Warren, 1926 = Hesperia reducta Warren, 1920 = Hesperia pyrenaica Tutt, 1906 = Hesperia tutti Verity, 1919 = Pyrgus rubiginosa Kauffmann 1955 = Hesperia semiconfluens Reverdin, 1911 = Syrichthus scabellata Oberthür, 1913. [9, 10, 187]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Sicily, France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Liechtenstein, Portugal (mainland), Sicily, Slovenia, France (mainland), Switzerland. [10].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Potentilla. [28].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Paolo Mazzei, Ilaria Pimpinelli.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[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
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org