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Chirgus
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Chirgus

Chirgus is a genus of checkered-skippers, white-skippers, and allies in the butterfly family Hesperiidae, found in the New World. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019. There are about six described species in Chirgus.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Chirgus fides

speciesChirgus fides

Chirgus bocchoris

speciesChirgus bocchoris

Turis

subgenusTuris

Chirgus limbata

speciesChirgus limbata

Chirgus nigella

speciesChirgus nigella

Chirgus barrosi

speciesChirgus barrosi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1038602.