Genus
Pyrgus (Grizzled skippers)
Pyrgus ruralis. Photo: (c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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.
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