Carterocephalus

Carterocephalus
Chequered skipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Hesperiidae
Subfamily:Heteropterinae
Genus:Carterocephalus
Lederer, 1852
Species

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Carterocephalus is a Holarctic genus of skipperlings in the skipper family, Hesperiidae.

The wing colour is yellow, white, dark-brown and black with a variously spotted appearance. The hindwing upperside is dark with clear cut rounded lighter spots. The majority of species are endemic to China.

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • Carterocephalus abax Oberthür, 1886 Tibet
  • Carterocephalus alcinoides Lee, 1962 Yunnan
  • Carterocephalus alcinus Evans, 1939 Yunnan
  • Carterocephalus argyrostigma (Eversmann, 1851) Siberia, Mongolia and China
  • Carterocephalus avanti (de Nicéville, 1886) – orange and silver mountain hopper – Tibet
  • Carterocephalus canopunctatus (Nabokov 1941)
  • Carterocephalus christophi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Tibet, West China
  • Carterocephalus dieckmanni Graesser, 1888 China
  • Carterocephalus flavomaculatus Oberthür, 1886 Tibet, West China
  • Carterocephalus habaensis Yoshino, 1997 Yunnan
  • Carterocephalus houangty Oberthür, 1886 Tibet, West China
  • Carterocephalus micio Oberthür, 1891 China
  • Carterocephalus niveomaculatus Oberthür, 1886 Tibet, West and South China
  • Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771) – chequered skipper
  • Carterocephalus pulchra (Leech, 1891) Tibet, West China
  • Carterocephalus silvicola (Meigen, 1829) – northern chequered skipper
  1. ↑ Carterocephalus, funet.fi


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