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Pyrgus

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q1768622
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Pyrgus

Summary

Pyrgus is a taxon[1]. Pyrgus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pyrgus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pyrgus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pyrgus belongs to the parent taxon Pyrgini[5].
  • Pyrgus's scientific name is Pyrgus[6].
  • Pyrgus's Commons category is recorded as Pyrgus[7].
  • Pyrgus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pyrgus[8].
  • Pyrgus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Checkered-Skippers'}[9].

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Classification

Pyrgus's scientific name is Pyrgus[6]. Pyrgus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pyrgus is classified within Pyrgini[5]. Pyrgus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Checkered-Skippers'}[9].

Identifiers

Pyrgus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49760[10]. Pyrgus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 40102[11]. Pyrgus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 20293[12]. Pyrgus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1949704[13]. Pyrgus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 188604[14].

Why It Matters

Pyrgus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2] Pyrgus has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Pyrgini
    Topic's main category → Category:Pyrgus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007544055705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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