Pyrgus centaureae (Rambur, 1839)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Pyrgus centaureae (Rambur, 1839) = centaureae (Rambur, 1839) = Hesperia centaureae. [9, 10]

Northern Grizzled Skipper.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#2. Kolsky; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #21. Severo-Yeniseisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #30. Vostochno-Yakutsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky*; #32. Chukotsky; #33. Severo-Okhotomorsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky.

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

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Norway, the Soviet Union - the European part, Sweden. [1].
Norway (mainland), Russia, Finland, Sweden. [10].
Regions of Russia: Eastern Yakutia, Gorno-Altaisk, the European Northeast, Trans-Baikal, Kola, of Baikal, Yenisei North, North Okhotsk Sea, the North-Ural, Mid-Amur, Chukotka, South Yakutia (?). [3].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Rubus chamaemorus. [28].

Subspecies of Pyrgus centaureae

Pyrgus centaureae freija (Warren, 1924). [9]
P. c. loki Evans, 1953. [9]
P. c. schoyeni Opheim, 1959. [187]
P. c. wyandot (Edwards, 1863). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

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