Chirgus
Genus of butterflies
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Chirgus is a genus of checkered-skippers, white-skippers, and allies in the butterfly family Hesperiidae, found in the New World. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019. There are about six described species in Chirgus.
| Chirgus | |
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| Chirgus fides, Chile | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Pyrgini |
| Genus: | Chirgus Grishin, 2019 |
As a result of a 2019 study of the genomes of 250 representative species of skippers, the genera Chirgus was created to contain six related species formerly in the genus Pyrgus.[1]
Species
These six species belong to the genus Chirgus:
- Chirgus barrosi (Ureta, 1956)
- Chirgus bocchoris (Hewitson, 1874)
- Chirgus fides (Hayward, 1940)
- Chirgus limbata (Erschoff, 1876)
- Chirgus nigella (Weeks, 1902)
- Chirgus veturius (Plötz, 1884)
