Pyrgus melotis

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Pyrginae
Tribus: Pyrgini
Genus: Pyrgus
Species: Pyrgus melotis
Subspecies: P. m. graecus P. m. melotis P. m. ponticus

Name

Pyrgus melotis Duponchel, [1834].

Type locality: Greece, Milos Island.

Typus: ♂.

Synonymy

  • Hesperia melotis Duponchel, [1834]: 257, Pl.XLII, figs 1,2.
  • Hesperia hypoleucos Lederer, 1855: 193, Pl.1 fig.8. Beirut.
  • Pyrgus malvae forma graeca Oberthur, 1910: 394, pl.54, figs 468-469.
  • Scelothrix jordana Hemming, 1932: 290, pl.15, figs.24,25; pl.16, figs.51,52.
  • Pyrgus malvae melotis (Duponchel); Evans, 1949: 190.
  • Pyrgus malvae melotis (Duponchel); Bridges, 1994: VII.140, IX.56.
  • Pyrgus melotis melotis (Duponchel); Tshikolovets, 2011: 51.

References

  • Bridges, C.A. (1994). Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Urbana, Illinois: Bridges. BHL Reference page. 
  • Duponchel, P.A.J., 1832-1835. In: Godart, J.B. & Duponchel, P.A.J. Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de France 1. Reference page. 
  • Evans, W.H. 1949. A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). xix+502pp., 53 pls. BMNH, London. Reference page. 
  • Hemming, A. F., 1932. The Butterflies of Transjordan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 80(2):269-299, pls 15,16, 3 text-figs. web purchase Reference page. 
  • Lederer, J. 1855. Beitrag zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Cypern, Beirut und einem Theile Klein-Asiens. Verhandlungen des zoologische-botanischen Vereins in Wien 5: 177–234. BHL: text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Tshikolovets, V.V., 2011. Butterflies of Europe & the Mediterranean Area Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice, Czech Republic. 544pp. ISBN 9788090490000. Reference page.