Pyrgus maculatus

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.

Pyrgus maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Pyrgus
Species:	P. maculatus
Binomial name
Pyrgus maculatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
Synonyms
Syrichthus maculatus Bremer & Grey, 1853 Scelothrix zona Mabille, 1875 Scelothrix albistriga Mabille, 1876 Pyrgus sinicus Butler, 1877 Syrichthus bocki Oberthür, 1912 Syrichthus thibetanus Oberthür, 1891

Subspecies

• P. m. maculatus
• P. m. bocki (Oberthür, 1912)
• P. m. thibetanus (Oberthür, 1891) (west China)