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(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)

 

Michel Taymans

Sylvain Cuvelier


30.xii.2025


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Pyrgus (Ateleomorpha) cirsii (Rambur, [1839])

 
 
Synonyms
[ORIG] Hesperia cirsii Rambur, [1839]. Faune entomol. Andal. 2: pl. 8, fig. 12, o, [1840]: 315 (nota).  
    TL: Fontainebleau (C. France).
[auct] Papilio fritillum [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775. Ankündung syst. Werkes Schmett. Wienergegend: 159.  
    TL: Vienna (Austria).  
[JS] Scelothrix cynarae var. iberica Grum-Grshimailo, 1893. Horae Soc. Entomol. Ross. 27(3-4): 384-385.  
    TL: Spain.  
[JS] Syrichtus cirsii var. herrichii Oberthür, 1910. Ét. Lépid. Comp. 4: 410, 681, pl. 56, fig. 508.  
    TL: Sierra Alta (prov. Teruel, Spain).  
[JS] Syrichtus armoricanus var. fabressei Oberthür, 1910. Ét. Lépid. Comp. 4: 412, 681, pl. 57, fig. 518-520.  
    TL: Sierra Alta (prov. Teruel, Spain).  
[JS] Hesperia fritillum f. parafabressei Verity, 1925. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 37(5): 72.  
    TL: Digne (SE France).  
[JS] Pyrgus fritillum ssp. turcivola Lattin, 1950. Istanb. Univ. Fen Fak. Mecm. (B)15(4): 326, pl. 2, fig. 6.  
    TL: Nemrut Dagi (prov. Bitlis, E Turkey).  
[JS] Pyrgus cirsii ssp. tramelanensis Kauffmann, 1951. Mitt. Schw. Entomol. Ges. 24(4): 354-355.  
    TL: Schweizer Jura (Switzerland).  

Notes  

Bibliography  
[Denis J. N. C. M.] & [Schiffermüller J. I.]. 1775.
Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend. Wien: Augustin Bernardi (Ed.). pp. 1-323, pl. 1a-b. (url)
New taxon: Papilio fritillum.
 
       
Grum-Grshimailo G. 1893.
Lepidoptera palaearctica nova.
Horae Societatis entomologicae Rossicae 27(3-4): 379-386. (url)
New taxon: Scelothrix cynarae iberica.
 
       
Kauffmann G. 1951.
Die Hesperiidae der Schweiz Rassenanalytische Bemerkungen über Verbreitung und Formen dieser Familie.
Mitteilungen der schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 24(4): 329-376. (url)
New taxon: Pyrgus cirsii tramelanensis.
 
       
Lattin G. de -. 1950.
Türkische Lepidopteren I.
İstanbul Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Mecmuası (B)15(4): 301-328, pl. (url not available).
New taxon: Pyrgus fritillum turcivola.
 
       
Oberthür C. 1910.
Notes pour servir à établir la faune française et algérienne des Lépidoptères (suite).
Études de lépidoptérologie comparée 4: 15-691, Pl. 35-58. (url)
New taxa: Syrichtus cirsii herrichii, Syrichtus armoricanus fabressei.
 
       
Rambur J. P. [1838]-[1840].
Faune entomologique de l'Andalousie. [Tome II]. Paris: A. Bertrand (Ed.). pp. 1-336, pl. 1-12, 14-15, 17-18. (note on publication dates: Heppner, 1982 (url): [1838]: (2): 1-16), (3): 16-96 ; [1839]: (4): 97-176, pl. 1-12, 14-15, 17-18 ; [1840]: (5): 177-304 ; [1842]: (6): 305-336 incomplete) (url)
New taxon: Hesperia cirsii.
 
       
Verity R. 1925.
New races and forms of Palaearctic Grypocera (continued from page 57).
The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 37(5): 72-77. (url)
New taxon: Hesperia fritillum parafabressei.
 

Reference publications  

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)

 
       

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