| Carterocephalus | |
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| Chequered skipper | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Heteropterinae |
| Genus: |
Carterocephalus Lederer, 1852 |
| Species | |
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See text | |
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 alcina 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, western China
- Carterocephalus dieckmanni Graesser, 1888 - China
- Carterocephalus flavomaculatus Oberthür, 1886 - Tibet, West China
- Carterocephalus gemmatus Leech, 1891 [2]
- Carterocephalus habaensis Yoshino, 1997 - Yunnan
- Carterocephalus houangty Oberthür, 1886 - Tibet, western China
- Carterocephalus mandan Oberthür, 1891 [2]
- 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, western China
- Carterocephalus silvicola (Meigen, 1829) – northern chequered skipper
- Carterocephalus skada (W. H. Edwards, 1870) Arctic skipper, arctic skipperling
Former species
- Carterocephalus plancus Hopffer, 1874 - transferred to Ladda plancus (Hopffer, 1874)
Gallery
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Carterocephalus palaemon, dorsal view -
Carterocephalus palaemon, lateral view -
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Carterocephalus silvicola, lateral view
References
- ^ Carterocephalus, funet.fi
- ^ a b Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 2022 (921). PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Carterocephalus.
Wikispecies has information related to
Carterocephalus.
- Hesperiidae of Asian Russia, from Korshunov & Gorbunov (1995)
- Lepidoptera page from the Department of Entomology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History
- Natural World Heritage Protected Areas Programme
- Images representing Carterocephalus at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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| Carterocephalus | |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Chequered skipper | |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Heteropterinae |
| Genus: |
Carterocephalus Lederer, 1852 |
| Species | |
|
See text | |
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 alcina 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, western China
- Carterocephalus dieckmanni Graesser, 1888 - China
- Carterocephalus flavomaculatus Oberthür, 1886 - Tibet, West China
- Carterocephalus gemmatus Leech, 1891 [2]
- Carterocephalus habaensis Yoshino, 1997 - Yunnan
- Carterocephalus houangty Oberthür, 1886 - Tibet, western China
- Carterocephalus mandan Oberthür, 1891 [2]
- 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, western China
- Carterocephalus silvicola (Meigen, 1829) – northern chequered skipper
- Carterocephalus skada (W. H. Edwards, 1870) Arctic skipper, arctic skipperling
Former species
- Carterocephalus plancus Hopffer, 1874 - transferred to Ladda plancus (Hopffer, 1874)
Gallery
-
Carterocephalus palaemon, dorsal view
-
Carterocephalus palaemon, lateral view
-
-
Carterocephalus silvicola, lateral view
References
- ^ Carterocephalus, funet.fi
- ^ a b Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 2022 (921). PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Carterocephalus.
Wikispecies has information related to
Carterocephalus.
- Hesperiidae of Asian Russia, from Korshunov & Gorbunov (1995)
- Lepidoptera page from the Department of Entomology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History
- Natural World Heritage Protected Areas Programme
- Images representing Carterocephalus at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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| This Hesperiidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |