Pyrgus xanthus

Pyrgus xanthus, the mountain checkered skipper, is a species of spread-wing skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae.[1][2]

Pyrgus xanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pyrgus
Species:
P. xanthus
Binomial name
Pyrgus xanthus
W. H. Edwards, 1878
Synonyms[1]
  • Syrichtus macdunnoughi Oberthür, 1914

The MONA or Hodges number for Pyrgus xanthus is 3964.[3]

References

  1. "Pyrgus xanthus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Pyrgus xanthus". Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading


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