Pyrgus maculatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Pyrgus |
Species: | P. maculatus
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Binomial name | |
Pyrgus maculatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
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Pyrgus maculatus is an eastern Palearctic butterfly in the family Hesperiidae and subfamily Pyrginae. The species was first described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William Grey in 1853.[1][2] It is found in South Siberia (Altai to Ussuri) and Japan. The larva feeds on Spiraea species (including Spiraea ussuriensis and Spiraea media) and Potentilla freyniana.