Misplaced Pages

Pyrgus jupei

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of skipper butterfly genus Pyrgus

Pyrgus jupei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pyrgus
Species: P. jupei
Binomial name
Pyrgus jupei
(Alberti, 1967)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia jupei Alberti, 1967

Pyrgus jupei, the Caucasian skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Buchard Alberti in 1967. It is found in the Caucasus, Turkey and northern Iran. The habitat consists of alpine and subalpine meadow belts.

Adults are on wing from the end of June to August.

References

  1. Pyrgus at funet
  2. Russian Insects

External links

Taxon identifiers
Pyrgus jupei
Hesperia jupei


Stub icon

This Pyrginae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: