Pyronia

Pyronia
Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Maniolina
Genus: Pyronia
Hübner, [1819]
Diversity
Five species
Synonyms
  • Idata de Lesse, 1952
  • Pasiphana de Lesse, 1952

Pyronia is a genus of butterflies from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.

Description

These butterflies have vestigial forelegs that cannot be used for walking. Male forelegs exhibit two tarsal joints, while female forelegs have four.[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically:[2]

  • Pyronia bathseba (Fabricius, 1793) – Spanish gatekeeper (Morocco, Algeria, southwest Europe)
  • Pyronia cecilia (Vallantin, 1894) – southern gatekeeper (Morocco, southern Europe, Asia Minor)
  • Pyronia coenonympha Felder, 1865 – (Himalayas)
  • Pyronia janiroides (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]) – false meadow brown (Algeria, Tunisia)
  • Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1771) – gatekeeper or hedge brown (Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Morocco)

References

  1. ^ "UK Butterflies - Pyronia". www.ukbutterflies.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  2. ^ "Pyronia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Media related to Pyronia at Wikimedia Commons


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