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Pyrgus centaureae loki
Pyrgus centaureae loki is a subspecies of the Northern Grizzled Skipper, a skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is one of several recognized subspecies of Pyrgus centaureae, a species distributed across northern regions of Europe and North America. The subspecies was described by Evans in 1953. Like other members of the genus Pyrgus, it is characterized by a checkered wing pattern and rapid, darting flight behavior typical of skippers.