Subgenus Pyrgus Hübner, [1819]
       
Synonyms
[ORIG] Pyrgus Hübner, [1819]. Verz. bekannt. Schmett.: 109.  
    TS: Papilio alveolus Hübner, 1800 (= P. malvae Linnaeus, 1758) by designation by Westwood, 1841. Brit. Butterflies Transf.: 120.
[JS] Urbanus Hübner, [1806]. Tentamen: [1].  
    TS: Papilio malvae Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
[JS] Hesperia (Hemiteleomorpha) Warren, 1926. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 74(1): 19, 72.  
    TS: Papilio malvae Linnaeus, 1758 by designation by Hemming, 1934. Stylops 3(6): 143.
Notes  
(1) List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: Pyrgus malvoides (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) ; Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Pyrgus melotis (Duponchel, [1834]). These three species have a parapatric distribution with limited contact zones.  
(2) List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: -.  
(3) Pyrgus Hübner, [1819] [gender: masculine] (with type species: Papilio alveolus Hübner, 1800) was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology, name no. 706 by Opinion 278 (ICZN, 1954. Opin. Decl. Int. Comm. Zool. Nomencl. 6(2): 135-178).  
(4) Urbanus Hübner, [1806] was placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology, name no. 86 by Opinion 278 (ICZN, 1954. Opin. Decl. Int. Comm. Zool. Nomencl. 6(2): 135-178).  
Bibliography  
Hübner J. [1806].
Tentamen determinationis digestionis atque denominationis singularum stirpium Lepidopterorum, peritis ad inspiciendum et dijudicandum communicatum. [1-2]. (url)		  
  New taxon: Urbanus.  
     
Hemming F. 1934.
Notes on nine genera of Holarctic Rhopalocera.
Stylops 3(6): 143-144. (url)		  
       
Hübner J. 1816-[1826].
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmett[er]linge. Ausburg: bey dem Verfasser (Ed.). pp. 1-431, Anzeiger: 1-72. (url)		  
  New taxon: Pyrgus.  
     
Warren B. C. S. 1926.
Monograph of the Tribe Hesperiidi (european species) with revised classification of the subfamily Hesperiinae (palearctic species) based on the genital armature of the males.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1926(1): 1-170, fig. (doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1926.tb01184.x)		  
  New taxon: Hesperia (Hemiteleomorpha).  
Reference publications  
Hernández-Roldán J. L., Munguira M. L., Wagner W. & Vila R. 2012.
Comparative analysis and taxonomic use of the morphology of immature stages and natural history traits in European species of Pyrgus Hübner (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Pyrginae).
Zootaxa 3470(1): 1-71, fig. (doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3470.1.1)		  
       
Jong R. de -. 1972.
Systematics and geographic history of the genus Pyrgus in the Palaearctic region (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae).
Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 115(1): 1-121, pl. 1-6. (url)		  
       
Pitteloud C., Arrigo N., Suchan T., Mastretta-Yanes A., Vila R., Dinca V., Hernández-Roldán J., Brockmann E., Chittaro Y., Kleckova I., Fumagalli L., Buerki S., Pellissier L. & Alvarez N. 2017.
Climatic niche evolution is faster in sympatricthan allopatric lineages of the butterfly genus Pyrgus.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284(1852): 1-10, fig. (doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0208)		  
       
Warren B. C. S. 1926.
Monograph of the Tribe Hesperiidi (european species) with revised classification of the subfamily Hesperiinae (palearctic species) based on the genital armature of the males.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1926(1): 1-170, fig. (url)		  
       
Zhang J., Cong Q., Shen J. & Grishin N. V. 2022.
Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera).
Insecta Mundi 0921: 1-135, fig. (url) 		 
 
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