Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus adepta

Photo: Carel de Haseth

Classification

Pyrginae [subfamily]

Pyrgus [genus] (2)

adepta [species]

Classification

Pyrginae [subfamily]

Pyrgus [genus] (2)

adepta [species]

Names

English name	Common Checkered-Skipper
Alternative English name	Adepta Skipper
Papiamento name	Salu Ku Peper
Valid name	Pyrgus adepta Plötz, 1884
Synonym	Pyrgus adepta Plötz, 1884

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Arthropoda [phylum] Arthropods
  - Hexapoda [subphylum] Hexapods
    - Insecta [class] Insects
      - Lepidoptera [order] Butterflies
        
        Papilionoidea [superfamily] Butterflies and Skippers
        
        Hesperiidae [family] Skippers
        
        Pyrginae [subfamily] Spread-wing Skippers
        
        Pyrgus Hübner 1819 [genus]
        
        Pyrgus adepta Plötz, 1884 [species] Common Checkered-Skipper