Pyronia is a genus of butterflies from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.
| Pyronia | |
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| Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subtribe: | Maniolina |
| Genus: | Pyronia Hübner, [1819] |
| Diversity | |
| Five species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Description
editThese butterflies have vestigial forelegs that cannot be used for walking. Male forelegs exhibit two tarsal joints, while female forelegs have four.[1]
Species
editListed 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
edit- ^ "UK Butterflies - Pyronia". www.ukbutterflies.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
- ^ "Pyronia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
editMedia related to Pyronia at Wikimedia Commons