''Carterocephalus'' is a

Holarctic The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical region ...

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of skipperlings in the skipper family,

Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...

. 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

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Species

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Carterocephalus abax ''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 light ...

'' Oberthür, 1886 Tibet *''

Carterocephalus alcinoides ''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 lighte ...

'' Lee, 1962 Yunnan *''

Carterocephalus alcinus ''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 lighte ...

'' Evans, 1939 Yunnan *'' Carterocephalus argyrostigma'' (Eversmann, 1851) Siberia, Mongolia and China *'' Carterocephalus avanti'' (de Nicéville, 1886) – orange and silver mountain hopper – Tibet *''

Carterocephalus canopunctatus ''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 light ...

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Carterocephalus christophi ''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 light ...

'' Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Tibet, West China *''

Carterocephalus dieckmanni '' Carterocephalus dieckmanni '' is a species of butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Northeast China, Amur, Ussuri, North Burma) that belongs to the skippers family. Description from Seitz P. dieckmanni Graes. (— gemmatus Leech, demea Ob ...

'' Graesser, 1888 China *''

Carterocephalus flavomaculatus ''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 light ...

'' Oberthür, 1886 Tibet, West China *''

Carterocephalus habaensis ''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 light ...

'' Yoshino, 1997 Yunnan *''

Carterocephalus houangty ''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 light ...

'' Oberthür, 1886 Tibet, West China *''

Carterocephalus micio ''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 light ...

'' Oberthür, 1891 China *''

Carterocephalus niveomaculatus ''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 light ...

'' Oberthür, 1886 Tibet, West and South China *''

Carterocephalus palaemon ''Carterocephalus palaemon'', the chequered skipper or arctic skipper, not to be confused with the large chequered skipper, is a small woodland butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. This butterfly can live in grasslands. The upperside of the butte ...

'' (Pallas, 1771) – chequered skipper *''

Carterocephalus pulchra ''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 light ...

'' (Leech, 1891) Tibet, West China *''

Carterocephalus silvicola ''Carterocephalus silvicola'', the northern chequered skipper, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally calle ...

'' (Meigen, 1829) – northern chequered skipper

Gallery

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'' File:Carterocephalus silvicola underside.jpg, ''Carterocephalus silvicola'', lateral view

References

External links

Hesperiidae of Asian Russia, from Korshunov & Gorbunov (1995)
from the Department of Entomology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History
Images representing ''Carterocephalus''
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