Pyrgus

Grizzled skippers
Grizzled skipper (Pyrgus malvae )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Pyrginae
Tribe:	Pyrgini
Genus:	Pyrgus Hübner, [1819]
Species
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Synonyms
Urbanus Hübner, [1806] (suppressed) Scelotrix Rambur, 1858 Bremeria Tutt, 1906 Teleomorpha Warren, 1926 Hemiteleomorapha Warren, 1926 Ateleomorpha Warren, 1926

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Pyrgus is a genus in the skippers butterfly family, Hesperiidae, known as the grizzled skippers. The name "grizzled skipper" best describes this genus, but in some countries the name "checkered" or "chequered skipper" is applied to some species. Strictly speaking, "chequered skippers" applies to butterflies of the genus Carterocephalus. They occur in the Holarctic with an additional group of species extending to the Neotropic.

Examples of Pyrgus species:

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