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CHECKLIST PAPILIONOIDEA W-PAL

A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions
at species, genus and family level
(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)

Michel Taymans

Sylvain Cuvelier

30.xii.2025


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	Genus 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]	Syrichtus Boisduval, [1834]. Icon. Hist. Lépid. 1: 230-232.
		TS: Papilio malvae Linnaeus, 1758 by designation by Blanchard, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. 2: 347-348.

Notes
(1)	List of the subgenera found in the Western Palearctic: Pyrgus Hübner, [1819] ; Scelotrix Rambur, 1858 ; Ateleomorpha Warren, 1926.
(2)	List of the subgenera 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
Blanchard E. 1845. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, leurs mœurs, leurs métamorphoses et leur classification. (Tome 2). Paris: F. Savy (ed.). p. 1-524, pl. 11-20. (url)

Hübner J. [1806]. Tentamen determinationis digestionis atque denominationis singularum stirpium Lepidopterorum, peritis ad inspiciendum et dijudicandum communicatum. [1-2]. (url) New taxon: Urbanus.

Hübner J. 1816-[1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmett[er]linge. Ausburg: bey dem Verfasser (Ed.). pp. 1-431, Anzeiger: 1-72. (url) New taxon: Pyrgus.

ICZN. 1954. Opinion 278. Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of ten genera of the Sub-Order Rhopalocera of the Order Lepidoptera (Class Insecta), species of which were cited in the undated leaflet commonly known as the Tentamen, prepared by Jacob Hiibner, which is believed to have been distributed to correspondents in 1806, a leaflet rejected in Opinion 97. Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 6(10): 135-178. (url)

Westwood J. O. 1841. British Butterflies and their Transformations. London: William Smith (Ed.). p. 1-138, pl. 1-42. (url)

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)