Grizzled Skippers

Pyrgus is a genus in the skippers butterfly family, Hesperiidae, known as the grizzled skippers. The name 'Grizzled Skipper' best describes this genus, but in some countries the name 'Checkered Skipper' or 'Chequered Skipper' is applied to some species. Strictly speaking, 'chequered skippers' applies to butterflies of the genus Carterocephalus.

Examples of Pyrgus species:

• Pyrgus aladaghensis De Prins & Poorten, 1995 – Aladagh Skipper
• Pyrgus albescens Plötz, 1884 – White Checkered Skipper
• Pyrgus alpinus Erschoff, 1874)
• Pyrgus alveus (Hübner, 1803) – Large Grizzled Skipper
• Pyrgus armoricanus (Oberthür, 1910) – Oberthür's Grizzled Skipper
• Pyrgus andromedae (Wallengren, 1853) – Alpine Grizzled Skipper
• Pyrgus barrosi Ureta, 1956
• Pyrgus bellieri (Oberthür, 1910) – Foulquier's Grizzled Skipper
• Pyrgus bocchoris (Hewitson, 1874)
• Pyrgus bolkariensis (Mabille, 1875)
• Pyrgus bieti (Oberthür, 1886)
• Pyrgus cacaliae (Rambur, 1839) – Dusky Grizzled Skipper
• Pyrgus carlinae (Rambur, 1836) – Carline Skipper
• Pyrgus carthami (Hübner, ) – Safflower Skipper
• Pyrgus cashmirensis (Erschoff, 1874)
• Pyrgus centaureae (Rambur, 1839) – (Northern) Grizzled Skipper or Alpine Checkered Skipper
• Pyrgus cinarae (Rambur, 1839) – Sandy Grizzled Skipper
• Pyrgus cirsii (Rambur, 1839) – Cinquefoil Skipper
• Pyrgus chapmani (Warren, 1926)
• Pyrgus communis (Grote, 1872) – Common Checkered Skipper
• Pyrgus darwazicus Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
• Pyrgus fides Hayward, 1940
• Pyrgus jupei (Alberti, 1967)
• Pyrgus limbata (Erschoff, 1876)
• Pyrgus maculatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
• Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus, 1758) – Grizzled Skipper
• Pyrgus malvoides (Elwes & Edwards, 1898) – Southern Grizzled Skipper
• Pyrgus melotis (Duponchel, (1834))
• Pyrgus notatus (Blanchard, 1852)
• Pyrgus oberthueri (Leech, 1891)
• Pyrgus oileus (Linnaeus, 1767) – Tropical Checkered Skipper
• Pyrgus onopordi (Rambur, 1839) – Rosy Grizzled Skipper
• Pyrgus orcus (Stoll, 1780)
• Pyrgus philetas WH Edwards, 1881 – Desert Checkered Skipper
• Pyrgus ruralis (Boisduval, 1852) – Two-banded Checkered Skipper
• Pyrgus scriptura (Boisduval, 1852) – Small Checkered Skipper
• Pyrgus serratulae (Rambur, 1839) – Olive Skipper
• Pyrgus sibirica (Reverdin, 1911)
• Pyrgus sidae (Esper, 1784) – Yellow-banded Skipper
• Pyrgus speyeri (Staudinger, 1887)
• Pyrgus trebevicensis Warren, 1926
• Pyrgus veturius Plötz, 1884
• Pyrgus warrenensis (Verity, 1928) – Warren's Skipper
• Pyrgus xanthus Edwards, 1878 – Mountain Checkered Skipper