Pyronia

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

Pyronia
Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)
Scientific 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

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)