Carterocephalus

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:

• 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

Gallery

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  Carterocephalus palaemon, dorsal view
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  Carterocephalus palaemon, lateral view
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  Carterocephalus silvicola
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  Carterocephalus silvicola, lateral view

References and external links

• 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