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![(Pyrgus AH01Gg - BC ZSM Lep 63164) @12 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Axel Hausmann SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/GWOTG/BC_ZSM_Lep_63164%2B1338488516.JPG "(Pyrgus AH01Gg - BC ZSM Lep 63164) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)")
![(Pyrgus accreta - BC ZSM Lep 18656) @13 [ ] Copyright (2010) Axel Hausmann/Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (ZSM) SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/GWORL/BC_ZSM_Lep_18656%2B1238420192.JPG "(Pyrgus accreta - BC ZSM Lep 18656) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus accretus - HESP-EB 01 160) @14 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/1160-UP%2B1264342066.JPG "(Pyrgus accretus - HESP-EB 01 160) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus adepta - MAL-04748) @12 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LYHES/MAL-04748%2B1247345490.JPG "(Pyrgus adepta - MAL-04748) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Pyrgus alpina - HESP-EB 01818) @13 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/1818-UP%2B1277035872.JPG "(Pyrgus alpina - HESP-EB 01818) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus alpinus - TLMF_Lep_37084) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2023) Peter Huemer Tiroler Landesmuseum](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LPALE/TLMF_Lep_37084%2B1677098298.JPG "(Pyrgus alpinus - TLMF_Lep_37084) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2023)")
![(Pyrgus alveus - HESP-EB 01711) @15 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/1711-UP%2B1275830578.JPG "(Pyrgus alveus - HESP-EB 01711) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus andromedae - RVcoll.08-M730) @15 [ ] Copyright (2010) Butterfly Study Group at IBE Institute of Evolutionary Biology](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/EZRMN/DSCN2019%2B1225888240.jpg "(Pyrgus andromedae - RVcoll.08-M730) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus armoricanus - TLMF Lep 21107) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2016) Peter Huemer Tiroler Landesmuseum](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ABOLD/TLMF_Lep_21107%2B1476120692.jpg "(Pyrgus armoricanus - TLMF Lep 21107) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2016)")
![(Pyrgus bellieri - HESP-EB 01 478) @14 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/1478-UP%2B1274708356.JPG "(Pyrgus bellieri - HESP-EB 01 478) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus bieti - HESP-EB 01 177) @14 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/1177-UP%2B1264343372.JPG "(Pyrgus bieti - HESP-EB 01 177) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus bocchoris - MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 06952) @12 [ ] Copyright (2016) MACN Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LNOA/MACN-Bar-Lep-ct_06952%2B1457551626.JPG "(Pyrgus bocchoris - MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 06952) {} [ ] Copyright (2016)")
![(Pyrgus bolkariensis - HESP-EB 01735) @13 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/1735-UN%2B1275832436.JPG "(Pyrgus bolkariensis - HESP-EB 01735) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus cacaliae - RV-07-E668) @16 [ ] Copyright (2010) Butterfly Study Group at IBE Institute of Evolutionary Biology](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/EZROM/DSCN_4432%2B1202170942.jpg "(Pyrgus cacaliae - RV-07-E668) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus carlinae - VR0358) @11 [ ] Copyright (2018) Raluca Voda Universita degli Studi di Torino, Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/WMB/DSC_0466%2B1547517641.jpg "(Pyrgus carlinae - VR0358) {} [ ] Copyright (2018)")
![(Pyrgus carthami - TLMF Lep 22205) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Peter Huemer Tiroler Landesmuseum](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LEASS/TLMF_Lep_22205%2B1490807684.jpg "(Pyrgus carthami - TLMF Lep 22205) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017)")
![(Pyrgus cashmirensis - HESP-EB 01814) @13 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/1814-UP%2B1277035576.JPG "(Pyrgus cashmirensis - HESP-EB 01814) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus centaureae - CSUPOBK-1226) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ABLCW/_MG_6257%2B1276180044.jpg "(Pyrgus centaureae - CSUPOBK-1226) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Pyrgus centralasiae - HESP-EB 02 950) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Ersnt Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPED/2950-UP%2B1332441416.JPG "(Pyrgus centralasiae - HESP-EB 02 950) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Pyrgus cinarae - RVcoll.14-O260) @15 [ ] Copyright (2015) Martin Gascoigne-Pees Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/EULEP/14-O260_JPG-_ups%2B1432281558.jpg "(Pyrgus cinarae - RVcoll.14-O260) {} [ ] Copyright (2015)")
![(Pyrgus cirsii - HESP-EB 01705) @15 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/1705-UN%2B1292693810.JPG "(Pyrgus cirsii - HESP-EB 01705) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus crisia - HESP-EB 00 940) @13 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/940-UN%2B1272199838.JPG "(Pyrgus crisia - HESP-EB 00 940) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus dejeani - HESP-EB 03 091) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Ersnt Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEE/3091-UP%2B1332344460.JPG "(Pyrgus dejeani - HESP-EB 03 091) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Pyrgus fides - MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 06599) @11 [ ] Copyright (2015) MACN Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LEPAR/MACN-Bar-Lep-ct_06599%2B1425595200.JPG "(Pyrgus fides - MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 06599) {} [ ] Copyright (2015)")
![(Pyrgus foulquieri - Rvcoll_16-A074) @12 [ ] Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (2014) Roger Vila Oxford Brookes University](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/OXB/DSCN5313%2B1009861200.JPG "(Pyrgus foulquieri - Rvcoll_16-A074) {} [ ] Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (2014)")
![(Pyrgus jupei - HESP-EB 01 452) @14 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/1452-UP%2B1274704818.JPG "(Pyrgus jupei - HESP-EB 01 452) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus maculatus - HESP-EB 03 089) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Ersnt Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEE/3089-UP%2B1332344458.JPG "(Pyrgus maculatus - HESP-EB 03 089) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Pyrgus malvae - MM00850) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LEFIB/IMG_8363%2B1272376158.JPG "(Pyrgus malvae - MM00850) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Pyrgus malvoides - TLMF Lep 22215) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Peter Huemer Tiroler Landesmuseum](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LEASS/TLMF_Lep_22215%2B1490807686.jpg "(Pyrgus malvoides - TLMF Lep 22215) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017)")
![(Pyrgus melotis - HESP-EB 00 913) @13 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/913-UP%2B1258138280.JPG "(Pyrgus melotis - HESP-EB 00 913) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus numidus - RVcoll.14-O254) @14 [ ] Copyright (2015) Martin Gascoigne-Pees Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/EULEP/14-O254_JPG-_uns%2B1432281518.jpg "(Pyrgus numidus - RVcoll.14-O254) {} [ ] Copyright (2015)")
![(Pyrgus onopordi - RVcoll.09-X677) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Roger Vila Institute of Evolutionary Biology](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/WMB/09-X677_Dorsal%2B1358122152.jpg "(Pyrgus onopordi - RVcoll.09-X677) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Pyrgus orcus - MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 06871) @14 [ ] Copyright (2016) MACN Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LNOA/MACN-Bar-Lep-ct_06871%2B1457545096.JPG "(Pyrgus orcus - MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 06871) {} [ ] Copyright (2016)")
![(Pyrgus orcynoides - MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 08101) @14 [ ] Copyright (2016) MACN Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LNOA/MACN-Bar-Lep-ct_08101%2B1482959978.JPG "(Pyrgus orcynoides - MACN-Bar-Lep-ct 08101) {} [ ] Copyright (2016)")
![(Pyrgus persica - HESP-EB 02341) @12 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPED/2341-UN%2B1290358698.JPG "(Pyrgus persica - HESP-EB 02341) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus persicus - HESP-EB 01 219) @12 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/1219-UN%2B1264352456.JPG "(Pyrgus persicus - HESP-EB 01 219) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus ruralis - CSUPOBK-1220) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ABLCW/_MG_6251%2B1276179990.jpg "(Pyrgus ruralis - CSUPOBK-1220) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Pyrgus schansiensis - HESP-EB 01 561) @11 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/1561-UN%2B1274602088.JPG "(Pyrgus schansiensis - HESP-EB 01 561) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus scriptura - CSUPOBK-1233) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ABLCW/_MG_6264%2B1276180126.jpg "(Pyrgus scriptura - CSUPOBK-1233) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Pyrgus serratulae - TLMF Lep 09079) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Peter Huemer Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PHLAI/TLMF_Lep_09079%2B1364222280.JPG "(Pyrgus serratulae - TLMF Lep 09079) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013)")
![(Pyrgus sibericus - CSG08892) @12 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/EZHBA/CSG08892%2B1176573152.jpg "(Pyrgus sibericus - CSG08892) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Pyrgus sibirica - HESP-EB 01 487) @14 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/1487-UP%2B1274709686.JPG "(Pyrgus sibirica - HESP-EB 01 487) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus sidae - AVM915) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) Markus Franzen Linnaeus university](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LNU/76%2B1533407388.JPG "(Pyrgus sidae - AVM915) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018)")
![(Pyrgus sp - McGuire09-TR124) @14 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LOWAB/TR124U_copy%2B1234296660.jpg "(Pyrgus sp - McGuire09-TR124) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Pyrgus speyeri - HESP-EB 01723) @11 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/1723-UN%2B1275831544.JPG "(Pyrgus speyeri - HESP-EB 01723) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus trebevicensis - HESP-EB 00 897) @14 [ ] Copyright (2010) Ernst Brockmann Research Collection of Ernst Brockmann](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HSPEC/897-UN%2B1258136140.JPG "(Pyrgus trebevicensis - HESP-EB 00 897) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Pyrgus warrenensis - BC ZSM Lep 37422) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Axel Hausmann SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/FBLMW/BC_ZSM_Lep_37422%2B1274092010.JPG "(Pyrgus warrenensis - BC ZSM Lep 37422) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010)")
![(Pyrgus xanthus - CSUPOBK-1165) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ABLCW/_MG_6184%2B1276179614.jpg "(Pyrgus xanthus - CSUPOBK-1165) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
