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''Pyrrhopyge'' is a Neotropical genus of Firetips in the family Hesperiidae. This genus comprises very numerous, partly extremely similar species which are difficult to separate and perhaps neither are separable as distinct species. Nearly all are large, strong animals with black body and wings, often with a bronze-green or deep blue lustre, often spotted red on the head and abdomen. On the broad, mostly pointed forewings the discoidal runs very obliquely, the upper median vein rising somewhat behind the middle of the cell. On the hindwing the lower radial and upper median vein rise unpetioled, the middle radial being absent. The hind tibiae are strongly haired outside. The Pyrrhopyge, according to statements by Dr. Seitz, are conspicuous animals owing to their almost invariably one-coloured black colouring and the mostly glaring-red ends of their bodies. When they fly past swiftly, these red places are difficult to notice for the human eye, but the resting insect makes the impression as if its body were bleeding in front and behind. As the flight is impetuously swift, the animal escaping its enemies scarcely needs any protection, whereas on the topmost branches of bushes of 1 or 2 m height, which are chosen by the males as their point of observation, one of the most dangerous enemies of the tropical butterflies is lying in ambush, the praying-cricket which even catches butterflies of the size of strong Papilio with a sure dart and is able to devour several large specimens a day. In the waiting attitude taken up by the Pyrrhopyge on the tip of the twig, the forewings are half erected, the hindwings somewhat more lowered ; a position sometimes met with in European ''Adopaea'' or ''Pamphila'', whereas other Pyrrhopyginae, such as the blue-striped ''Jemadia'', the ''Mimoniades'', ''Myscelus'' etc. keep their wings spread out when at rest, about like ''Thanaos tages''. The larvae of Pyrrhopyge, as far as we know, are thinly haired on the body, shaggily on the head, brown or reddish with yellow, zebra-like stripes. They live on different trees, so on Gujava pear-trees (''Psidium pyriferum'' and ''pomiferum''),in leaf-cases. The pupae are haired, too. The imagines fly along the roads and skirts of woods in a raving, somewhat skipping flight and are fond of drinking from wet places on the roads. The Jemadia and Mimoniades love the umbels of blossoming bushes, where they are met with in the company of similarly coloured Hesperids from other groups, such as Phocides and Pyrrhopygopsis.〔Max Wilhelm Karl Draudt ,1924 Hesperiidae in Seitz. Macrolepidoptera of the world. Vol. .5. The American Rhopalocera. Stuttgart. vii, + 1139 pp., 203 pl.〕 ==Species== *''Pyrrhopyge zenodorus'' Godman & Salvin, 1893 Red-headed Firetip southeast Mexico to Costa Rica *''Pyrrhopyge evansi'' E. Bell, 1947 Evans' Firetip type locality Colombia *''Pyrrhopyge evansi evansi'' E. Bell, 1947 Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador *''Pyrrhopyge evansi borburata'' Orellana, () Venezuela *''Pyrrhopyge phidias'' (Linnaeus, 1758) Original Firetip type locality "Asia" *''Pyrrhopyge phidias phidias'' (Linnaeus, 1758) Trinidad, Surinam, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge phidias hyperici'' Hübner, 1823 Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge phidias latifasciata'' A. Butler, 1873 Colombia *''Pyrrhopyge phidias bixae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) Surinam, French Guiana, north Brazil to Matto Grosso *''Pyrrhopyge phidias rusca'' Evans, 1951 Ecuador, Peru, southwest Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge phidias leucoloma'' Erschoff, 1875 Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge phidias garata'' Hewitson, 1866 Guyana, Surinam, (Venezuela? ) *''Pyrrhopyge phidias guianae'' E. Bell, 1932 Trinidad, Guyana, French Guiana *''Pyrrhopyge aziza'' Hewitson, 1866 Aziza Firetip type locality Colombia *''Pyrrhopyge aziza aziza'' Hewitson, 1866 Colombia *''Pyrrhopyge aziza lexos'' Evans, 1951 Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru *''Pyrrhopyge aziza araethyrea'' Hewitson, 1870 Ecuador *''Pyrrhopyge aziza troja'' Evans, 1951 Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge aziza arbor'' Evans, 1951 Colombia, Venezuela *''Pyrrhopyge aziza attis'' E. Bell, 1931 Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge aziza subnubilus'' Hayward, 1935 Argentina *''Pyrrhopyge pusca'' Evans, 1951 Pusca Firetip Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge proculus'' Hopffer, 1874 Proculus Firetip type locality Guyana *''Pyrrhopyge proculus proculus'' Hopffer, 1874 Trinidad, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, north Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge proculus lina'' E. Bell, 1947 north Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge proculus cardus'' Mabille, 1891 north Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge proculus hyleus'' Mabille, 1891 north Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge proculus cintra'' Evans, 1951 French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, north Brazil, northeast Peru *''Pyrrhopyge proculus draudti'' E. Bell, 1931 Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge infantilis'' H. Druce, 1908 Infant Firetip type locality Peru *''Pyrrhopyge infantilis infantilis'' H. Druce, 1908 Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge infantilis agala'' Evans, 1951 Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge thericles'' Mabille, 1891 Impostor Firetip type locality Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge thericles thericles'' Mabille, 1891 northeast Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge thericles orientis'' E. Bell, 1947 north Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge thericles ponicia'' Evans, 1951 French Guiana, Surinam, north Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge thericles pseudophidias'' E. Bell, 1931 Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, north Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge thericles raymondi'' Orellana, () Venezuela *''Pyrrhopyge thericles fola'' Evans, 1951 Colombia, southwest Venezuela *''Pyrrhopyge thericles rileyi'' E. Bell, 1931 Ecuador, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge thericles grinda'' Evans, 1953 Guyana *''Pyrrhopyge thericles ronda'' Evans, 1953 Trinidad *''Pyrrhopyge amythaon'' E. Bell, 1931 Amythaon Firetip type locality Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge amythaon amythaon'' E. Bell, 1931 Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge amythaon gradens'' Evans, 1951 north Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge amythaon peron'' E. Bell, 1947 Venezuela, Colombia, northeast Peru *''Pyrrhopyge amythaon polka'' Evans, 1951 French Guiana *''Pyrrhopyge amythaon perula'' Evans, 1951 Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge amythaon orino'' Evans, 1951 Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana *''Pyrrhopyge amythaon pollio'' Evans, 1951 Peru *''Pyrrhopyge amythaon podina'' Evans, 1951 Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge sergius'' Hopffer, 1874 Sergius Firetip type locality Peru *''Pyrrhopyge sergius sergius'' Hopffer, 1874 Peru *''Pyrrhopyge sergius selina'' Evans, 1951 Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge sergius andros'' Evans, 1951 Colombia, Venezuela (Amazonas) *''Pyrrhopyge sergius andronicus'' E. Bell, 1931 Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge sergius semana'' Evans, 1951 Surinam, French Guiana *''Pyrrhopyge sergius ganus'' E. Bell, 1947 Guyana, Venezuela, Caribbean Firetip type locality Venezuela *''Pyrrhopyge caribe caribe Orellana, () Venezuela *''Pyrrhopyge caribe camachoi'' Orellana, () Venezuela *''Pyrrhopyge erazoae'' Orellana, () Erazo's Firetip Venezuela *''Pyrrhopyge charybdis'' Westwood, 1852 Charybdis Firetip type locality () *''Pyrrhopyge charybdis charybdis'' Westwood, 1852 south Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge charybdis semita'' Evans, 1951 Bolivia, south Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge cressoni'' E. Bell, 1932 Cresson's Firetip Ecuador, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge pelota'' Plötz, 1879 Pelota Firetip Bolivia, Paraguay, south Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge amyclas'' (Cramer, 1779) Yellow-edged Firetip type locality Surinam *''Pyrrhopyge amyclas amyclas'' (Cramer, 1779) Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge phylleia'' Hewitson, 1874 Orange-edged Firetip type locality Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge phylleia phylleia'' Hewitson, 1874 south Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge phylleia delos'' Evans, 1951 *''Pyrrhopyge arax'' Evans, 1951 Arax Firetip south east Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge haemon'' Godman & Salvin, 1893 Tawny-rimmed Firetip Costa Rica *''Pyrrhopyge punctata'' Röber, 1925 Songo Firetip Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge papius'' Hopffer, 1874 Papius Firetip type locality Colombia; Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge papius papius'' Hopffer, 1874 Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru *''Pyrrhopyge papius pasca'' Evans, 1951 Colombia *''Pyrrhopyge frona'' Evans, 1951 Inca Firetip Peru *''Pyrrhopyge melanomerus'' Mabille & Boullet, 1908 Melanomerus Firetip type locality Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge melanomerus melanomerus'' Mabille & Boullet, 1908 Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge melanomerus patma'' Evans, 1951 south Ecuador, northeast Peru *''Pyrrhopyge decipiens'' Mabille, 1903 Red-spotted Firetip (), Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge placeta'' Evans, 1951 Placeta Firetip Brazil *''Pyrrhopyge hadassa'' Hewitson, 1866 Hadassa Firetip type locality () *''Pyrrhopyge hadassa hadassa'' Hewitson, 1866 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru *''Pyrrhopyge hadassa henna'' Evans, 1951 Peru *''Pyrrhopyge hadassa hanga'' Evans, 1951 Peru *''Pyrrhopyge hadassa pseudohadassa'' Mabille & Boullet, 1908 Peru *''Pyrrhopyge hadassa halma'' Evans, 1951 Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge terra'' Evans, 1951 Terra Firetip Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge telassina'' Staudinger, 1888 Telassina Firetip type locality Peru; Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge telassina telassina'' Staudinger, 1888 Peru *''Pyrrhopyge telassina tagra'' Evans, 1951 Peru *''Pyrrhopyge telassina shiva'' Evans, 1951 southeast Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge telassa'' Hewitson, 1866 Telassa Firetip type locality () *''Pyrrhopyge telassa telassa'' Hewitson, 1866 Ecuador *''Pyrrhopyge telassa phaeax'' Hopffer, 1874 Peru *''Pyrrhopyge telassa silex'' Evans, 1951 Peru *''Pyrrhopyge telassa croceimargo'' Mabille & Boullet, 1908 south Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge martena'' Hewitson, () Martena Firetip Ecuador *''Pyrrhopyge schausi'' E. Bell, 1931 Schaus' Firetip Colombia, Ecuador, north Peru *''Pyrrhopyge sadia'' Evans, 1951 Sadia Firetip Ecuador, Peru *''Pyrrhopyge creona'' H. Druce, 1874 Creona Firetip Peru, Brazil (Amazonas) *''Pyrrhopyge kelita'' Hewitson, () Streaked Firetip southeast Peru, Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge crista'' Evans, 1951 Crista Firetip Bolivia *''Pyrrhopyge crida'' Hewitson, 1871 White-banded Firetip south east Mexico to Colombia and Ecuador *''Pyrrhopyge mopsus'' (E. Bell, 1931) Mopsus Firetip Peru *''Pyrrhopyge sarpedon'' (E. Bell, 1931) Sarpedon Firetip Peru (Amazonas) *''Pyrrhopyge arinas'' (Cramer, 1777) Arinas Firetip type locality Surinam *''Pyrrhopyge arinas arinas'' (Cramer, 1777) French Guiana, Surinam, north Brazil, northeast Peru *''Pyrrhopyge arinas temenos'' (E. Bell, 1931) Peru *''Pyrrhopyge creusae'' (E. Bell, 1931) Creusae Firetip French Guiana *''Pyrrhopyge tatei'' (E. Bell, 1932) Tate's Firetip Venezuela *''Pyrrhopyge boulleti'' Le Cerf, 1922 Boullet's Firetip Colombia, Venezuela 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pyrrhopyge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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