Pyrgus alpinus

Pyrgus alpinus is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Ghissar to western China and northern India.

Pyrgus alpinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pyrgus
Species:
P. alpinus
Binomial name
Pyrgus alpinus
(Erschoff, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
  • Syrichthus alpina Erschoff, 1874
  • Pyrgus alpina

Subspecies

  • Pyrgus alpinus alpinus
  • Pyrgus alpinus alichurensis de Jong, 1975 (southern and eastern Pamirs)
  • Pyrgus alpinus mustagatae Alberti, 1952 (Chinese eastern Pamirs)

References

  1. Pyrgus, Site of Markku Savela


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