Pyronia

Pyronia
Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Satyrinae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Subtribe:	Maniolina
Genus:	Pyronia Hübner, 1819
Diversity
Five species
Synonyms
Idata de Lesse, 1952 Pasiphana de Lesse, 1952

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

Description

These butterflies have vestigial forelegs that cannot be used for walking. Male forelegs exhibit two tarsal joints, while female forelegs have four.

Species

Listed alphabetically:

• Pyronia bathseba (Fabricius, 1793) – Spanish gatekeeper (Morocco, Algeria, southwest Europe)
• Pyronia cecilia (Vallantin, 1894) – southern gatekeeper (Morocco, southern Europe, Asia Minor)
• Pyronia janiroides (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]) – false meadow brown (Algeria, Tunisia)
• Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1771) – gatekeeper or hedge brown (Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Morocco)

References

External links

• Media related to Pyronia at Wikimedia Commons