Subfamily

Pyrginae (Spread-wing skippers)

Burnsius communis. Photo: (c) Kent C. Jensen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Pyrginae, commonly known as spread-winged skippers, are a subfamily of the skipper butterfly family (Hesperiidae). The subfamily was established by Hermann Burmeister in 1878. Their delimitation and internal systematics has changed considerably in recent years, but as of 2009 the uncertainties surrounding the evolutionary relationships of many genera in this subfamily are widely resolved.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
        Superfamily: Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
        Family: Hesperiidae (Skippers)
        Subfamily: Pyrginae (Spread-wing skippers)
        Tribe: Erynnini (Duskywings and allies) (2)
        Tribe: Pyrgini (Checkered-skippers, white-skippers, and allies) (2)

Subtaxa

Tribe: Erynnini (Duskywings and allies)

Tribe: Pyrgini (Checkered-skippers, white-skippers, and allies)

Where in Humboldt

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