You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (May 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Foulquier's grizzled skipper (Pyrgus bellieri, syn. P. foulquieri) is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). It has a limited distribution in central and southern France and adjacent areas of Spain and Italy and also Corsica. Within this range it can be quite common.
| Foulquier's grizzled skipper | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgus |
| Species: | P. bellieri
|
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgus bellieri (Oberthür, 1910)
| |
As with other Pyrgus species, this is very difficult to identify in the field. It is often paler than most of its congeners with a yellowish suffusion, especially in the female. The hindwings usually have pale markings forming a continuous band. The wingspan is 26–30 mm.See Juan L. Hernández-Roldán and Miguel L. Munguira 2008 for differentiation from P. alveus[1]
The adults are on the wing in July and August.
The larval food plant is Potentilla.
The species name honours Gedeon Foulquier.
References
edit- ^ Juan L. Hernández-Roldán and Miguel L. Munguira: Multivariate analysis techniques in the study of the male genitalia of Pyrgus bellieri (Oberthür 1910) and P. alveus (Hübner 1803) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae): species discrimination and distribution in the Iberian Peninsula, Annales de la Societé entomologique de France, Nouvelle Series, 44(2) : 145-155, Paris 2008
- Whalley, Paul - Mitchell Beazley Guide to Butterflies (1981, reprinted 1992) ISBN 0-85533-348-0
External links
edit- Lepiforum.de
- Fauna Europaea Archived 2017-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
 | This Pyrginae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |