Pyrgus maculatus is an eastern Palearctic butterfly in the family Hesperiidae and subfamily Pyrginae. The species was first described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William Grey in 1853.[1][2] It is found in South Siberia (Altai to Ussuri) and Japan. The larva feeds on Spiraea species (including Spiraea ussuriensis and Spiraea media) and Potentilla freyniana.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgus |
| Species: | P. maculatus
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| Pyrgus maculatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
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Subspecies
edit- P. m. maculatus
- P. m. bocki (Oberthür, 1912)
- P. m. thibetanus (Oberthür, 1891) (west China)
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Pyrgus maculatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ Bremer & Grey (185). "Diagnoses de Lépidopterères nouveaux, trouvés par Mm. Tatarinoff et Gaschkewitch aux environs de Pekin in Motschulsky". Études d'Entomologie. 1: 58-67.
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