Pyrgus alveus (Hubner, 1803)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Pyrgus alveus (Hubner, 1803) = Hesperia accreta Verity, 1925 = Hesperia bellieriformis Verity, 1928 = Pyrgus bonita Agenjo 1963 = Hesperia caeca Rebel & Zerny, 1931 = Hesperia centralhispaniae Verity, 1925 = Syrichtus claralveus Verity, 1934 = Hesperia extensa Warren, 1920 = Pyrgus funginus Schilde 1886 = Hesperia grandis Verity, 1925 = Hesperia insigniamiscens Verity, 1929 = Hesperia jurassica Warren, 1926 = Hesperia lineolata Reverdin, 1912 = Pyrgus lutetianus Picard 1948 = Hesperia magnalveus Verity, 1929 = Hesperia montana Vorbrodt, 1930 = Hesperia necaccreta Verity, 1929 = Hesperia pyreneialpium Verity, 1929 = Hesperia reducta Warren, 1920 = Hesperia reverdini Schawerda, 1918 = Syrichthus ruffelensis Oberthür, 1910 = Hesperia albens Verity, 1925 = Hesperia scandinavicus Strand, 1903 = Pyrgus scotti Warren 1952 = Hesperia serratulaeformis Warren, 1926 = Hesperia serratuloides Heinrich, 1916 = Hesperia suffusa Strand, 1903 = Hesperia thomanni Reverdin, 1927 = Hesperia trebivicensis Warren, 1926 = Hesperia warrenensis Verity, 1928. [10, 187]

Large Grizzled Skipper.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky*; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia , Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Slovakia,Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasian (?), Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Lower Volga, Prealtay, of Baikal , Pribaikalskiy,Seaside, North Urals, Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Potentilla, Helianthemum. [28].

Subspecies of Pyrgus alveus

Pyrgus alveus accretus (Verity, 1925). [9]
P. a. alticola Rebel, 1910. [187]
P. a. alveus. [9]
P. a. ballatae Oberthür, 1910. [187]
P. a. centralitaliae (Verity, 1920). [9]
P. a. iliensis Reverdin, 1912. [9]
P. a. numida (Oberthür, 1910). [9]
P. a. reverdini (Oberthür, 1912). [9]
P. a. scandinavicus Strand, 1903. [9]
P. a. schansiensis Reverdin, 1915. [9]
P. a. sifanicus Grum-Grshimailo, 1891. [9]
P. a. trebevicensis (Warren, 1926). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Peter Khramov, Andrei Komrakov.

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
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[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