Carterocephalus
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 Siberia, Mongolia and China
- Carterocephalus avanti – orange and silver mountain hopper – Tibet
- Carterocephalus canopunctatus
- 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 – chequered skipper
- Carterocephalus pulchra Tibet, West China
- Carterocephalus silvicola – northern chequered skipper
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