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 <small>Oberthür, 1886</small> - Tibet
- Carterocephalus alcinoides <small>Lee, 1962</small> - Yunnan
- Carterocephalus alcina <small>Evans, 1939</small> - Yunnan
- Carterocephalus argyrostigma <small>(Eversmann, 1851)</small> - Siberia, Mongolia and China
- Carterocephalus avanti <small>(de Nicéville, 1886)</small> â orange and silver mountain hopper â Tibet
- Carterocephalus canopunctatus <small>(Nabokov 1941)</small>
- Carterocephalus christophi <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1891</small> - Tibet, western China
- Carterocephalus dieckmanni <small>Graesser, 1888</small> - China
- Carterocephalus flavomaculatus <small>Oberthür, 1886</small> - Tibet, West China
- Carterocephalus gemmatus <small>Leech, 1891</small>
- Carterocephalus habaensis <small>Yoshino, 1997</small> - Yunnan
- Carterocephalus houangty <small>Oberthür, 1886</small> - Tibet, western China
- Carterocephalus mandan <small>Oberthür, 1891</small>
- Carterocephalus micio <small>Oberthür, 1891</small> - China
- Carterocephalus niveomaculatus <small>Oberthür, 1886</small> - Tibet, West and South China
- Carterocephalus palaemon <small>(Pallas, 1771)</small> â chequered skipper
- Carterocephalus pulchra <small>(Leech, 1891)</small> - Tibet, western China
- Carterocephalus silvicola <small>(Meigen, 1829)</small> â northern chequered skipper
- Carterocephalus skada <small>(W. H. Edwards, 1870)</small> Arctic skipper, arctic skipperling
Former species
- Carterocephalus plancus <small>Hopffer, 1874</small> - transferred to Ladda plancus <small>(Hopffer, 1874)</small>
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