Pyronia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Maniolina
Genus: Pyronia
Species: P. bathseba – P. cecilia – P. coenonympha – P. janiroides – P. tithonus
Name
Pyronia Hübner, 1819

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 2 tarsal joints, while female forelegs have 4.[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)

References

"UK Butterflies - Pyronia". www.ukbutterflies.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
"Pyronia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms