Carterocephalus
Encyclopedia
Carterocephalus is a genus
in the skipper
butterfly family, Hesperiidae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the skipper
Skipper (butterfly)
A skipper or skipper butterfly is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. They are named after their quick, darting flight habits. There are more than 3500 recognized species of skippers and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South...
butterfly family, Hesperiidae.
Species
Listed alphabetically.- Carterocephalus abax Oberthür, 1886
- Carterocephalus alcinoides Lee, 1962
- Carterocephalus alcinus Evans, 1939
- Carterocephalus argyrostigma (Eversmann, 1851)
- Carterocephalus avanti (de Nicéville, 1886) – Orange and Silver Mountain Hopper
- Carterocephalus canopunctatus (NabokovVladimir NabokovVladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist...
1941) - Carterocephalus christophi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891
- Carterocephalus dieckmanni Graesser, 1888
- Carterocephalus flavomaculatus Oberthür, 1886
- Carterocephalus habaensis Yoshino, 1997
- Carterocephalus houangty Oberthür, 1886
- Carterocephalus micio Oberthür, 1891
- Carterocephalus niveomaculatus Oberthür, 1886
- Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771) – Chequered Skipper
- Carterocephalus pulchra (Leech, 1891)
- Carterocephalus silvicolaCarterocephalus silvicolaThe Northern Chequered Skipper is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Northern Europe and North and East Asia.The butterfly flies from May to June depending on the location....
(Meigen, 1829) – Northern Chequered Skipper